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#979EA7

#979ea7 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#979ea7 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 61.96% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.58% cyan, 5.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 213.75°, with 8.33% saturation and 62.35% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3382

Complementary

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a7a097

Split complementary

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a79897
  3. #a6a797

Analogous

  1. #97a6a7
  2. #979ea7
  3. #9897a7

Triadic

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a7979e
  3. #9ea797

Tetradic

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a097a7
  3. #a7a097
  4. #9ea797

Square

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a797a6
  3. #a7a097
  4. #97a798

Monochromatic

  1. #4c5259
  2. #6f7783
  3. #979ea7
  4. #c0c5ca
  5. #eaebed

Shades

#979ea7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #979ea7
  2. #888e96
  3. #797e86
  4. #6a6f75
  5. #5b5f64
  6. #4c4f54
  7. #3c3f43
  8. #2d2f32
  9. #1e2021
  10. #0f1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#979ea7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #979ea7
  2. #a1a8b0
  3. #acb1b9
  4. #b6bbc1
  5. #c1c5ca
  6. #cbcfd3
  7. #d5d8dc
  8. #e0e2e5
  9. #eaeced
  10. #f5f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#979ea7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #979ea7
  2. #959ba3
  3. #92989f
  4. #90959b
  5. #8e9297
  6. #8c8f94
  7. #898c90
  8. #87898c
  9. #858688
  10. #828384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9ea1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9ea7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #999da7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93a0a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #999ea7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989da7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #959fa3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-979ea7 {
  color: #979ea7;
}
Background
.bg-979ea7 {
  background-color: #979ea7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-979ea7 {
  border: 2px solid #979ea7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #979ea7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 158 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 8% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-979ea7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #979ea7, #9897a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-979ea7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 158 167 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.12 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.12 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.38 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.94 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.94 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.08 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.50 #686158 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#979ea7  rgb(151, 158, 167)  hsl(214, 8%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a7a097  rgb(167, 160, 151)  hsl(34, 8%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a7979e  rgb(167, 151, 158)  hsl(334, 8%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#9ea797  rgb(158, 167, 151)  hsl(94, 8%, 62%)  Ash Gray