Information about Cool Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted blue, #8C92AC floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Tiebreaker (#8E97AB). Nearby in the Register you will also find Ashley Blue (#8699AB) and Antique Viola (#928BA6).
In RGB terms — rgb(140, 146, 172) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. The name "Cool Grey" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Cool Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Cool Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Cool Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Cool Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Cool Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Cool Grey color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Cool Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Cool Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#8E97AB
#8699AB
#928BA6
#849CA9
#979AAA
#8686AF
#9391A0
#808AAC
#89A0B0
#9998A7
#92A0AC
#7D93A8
Cool Grey color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8C92AC
- RGB140, 146, 172
- CMYK13, 10, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(140, 146, 172)
- HSL229°, 16%, 61%
- HSL Precise228.75°, 16.162%, 61.176%
- HSV229°, 19%, 67%
- HSB229°, 19%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.573
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.675
- GLSLvec3(0.549, 0.573, 0.675)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.549, 0.573, 0.675, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.549, 0.573, 0.675)
- Percentage of Red in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB57.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.5%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8C92AC
- DECIMAL ID9212588
- Name Length9
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- Counting from2025-01-01
