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#929C8A

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #929C8A

#929C8A is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 61% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 8.2); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #948A9C — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #929C8A for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red146
Green156
Blue138

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 8.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #929C8A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #929C8A.
2.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #929C8A.
7.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #929C8A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#929C8A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9E9989
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9C988B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#939A97

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #929C8A?

#929C8A is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 61% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 39% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #929C8A?

Use black text. Black on #929C8A has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #929C8A?

Its complementary colour is #948A9C, and analogous partners are #9B9C8A and #8A9C8B.