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#90A697

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #90A697

#90A697 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 65% green and 59% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 35% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 11.9); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A6909F — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #90A697 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red144
Green166
Blue151

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 11.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #90A697

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #90A697.
2.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #90A697.
8.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #90A697 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#90A697
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A6A296
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A2A098
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8DA5A2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #90A697?

#90A697 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 65% green and 59% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 35% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #90A697?

Use black text. Black on #90A697 has a contrast ratio of 8.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #90A697?

Its complementary colour is #A6909F, and analogous partners are #94A690 and #90A6A2.