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#96A293

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #96A293

With the hex code #96A293, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 59% red, 64% green and 58% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mushroom — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #9F93A2, a taupe shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red150
Green162
Blue147

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 8.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.6
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #96A293

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #96A293.
2.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #96A293.
7.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #96A293 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#96A293
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A39F92
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A19E94
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#96A19E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #96A293?

With the hex code #96A293, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 59% red, 64% green and 58% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #96A293?

Use black text. Black on #96A293 has a contrast ratio of 7.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #96A293?

Its complementary colour is #9F93A2, and analogous partners are #9EA293 and #93A297.