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#9FA08B

Mushroom · light warm gray

About #9FA08B

#9FA08B is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 63% green and 55% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Mushroom (ΔE 6.6); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #8C8BA0 — a slate gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #9FA08B for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red159
Green160
Blue139

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 6.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.2
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #9FA08B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #9FA08B.
2.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #9FA08B.
7.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9FA08B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9FA08B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A49E8A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A49F8C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A29D9A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9FA08B?

#9FA08B is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 63% green and 55% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #9FA08B?

Use black text. Black on #9FA08B has a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9FA08B?

Its complementary colour is #8C8BA0, and analogous partners are #A0968B and #94A08B.