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#95ABA0

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #95ABA0

With the hex code #95ABA0, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 58% red, 67% green and 63% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mushroom — a ΔE of 12.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AB95A0, a taupe shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red149
Green171
Blue160

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 12.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #95ABA0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #95ABA0.
2.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #95ABA0.
8.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #95ABA0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#95ABA0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AAA89F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A6A5A1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#91ABA8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #95ABA0?

With the hex code #95ABA0, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 58% red, 67% green and 63% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #95ABA0?

Use black text. Black on #95ABA0 has a contrast ratio of 8.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #95ABA0?

Its complementary colour is #AB95A0, and analogous partners are #95AB95 and #95ABAB.