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#959CA3

#959ca3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#959ca3 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.43% red, 61.18% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.59% cyan, 4.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 7.07% saturation and 61.18% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3281

Complementary

  1. #959ca3
  2. #a39c95

Split complementary

  1. #959ca3
  2. #a39595
  3. #a3a395

Analogous

  1. #95a3a3
  2. #959ca3
  3. #9595a3

Triadic

  1. #959ca3
  2. #a3959c
  3. #9ca395

Tetradic

  1. #959ca3
  2. #9c95a3
  3. #a39c95
  4. #9ca395

Square

  1. #959ca3
  2. #a395a3
  3. #a39c95
  4. #95a395

Monochromatic

  1. #4a5055
  2. #6d767e
  3. #959ca3
  4. #bec2c7
  5. #e7e9ea

Shades

#959ca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #959ca3
  2. #868c93
  3. #777d82
  4. #686d72
  5. #595e62
  6. #4b4e52
  7. #3c3e41
  8. #2d2f31
  9. #1e1f21
  10. #0f1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#959ca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #959ca3
  2. #a0a6ac
  3. #aab0b5
  4. #b5babf
  5. #bfc4c8
  6. #caced1
  7. #d5d7da
  8. #dfe1e3
  9. #eaebed
  10. #f4f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#959ca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #959ca3
  2. #9399a0
  3. #91969c
  4. #8f9499
  5. #8d9195
  6. #8b8e92
  7. #888b8e
  8. #86888b
  9. #848687
  10. #828384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999b9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999ca3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #989aa3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #929e9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989ca3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979ba3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #939da0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-959ca3 {
  color: #959ca3;
}
Background
.bg-959ca3 {
  background-color: #959ca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-959ca3 {
  border: 2px solid #959ca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #959ca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 149 156 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 7% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-959ca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #959ca3, #9595a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-959ca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(149 156 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.04 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.04 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.69 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.10 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.50 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.63 #6a635c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#959ca3  rgb(149, 156, 163)  hsl(210, 7%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a39c95  rgb(163, 156, 149)  hsl(30, 7%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a3959c  rgb(163, 149, 156)  hsl(330, 7%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#9ca395  rgb(156, 163, 149)  hsl(90, 7%, 61%)  Ash Gray