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#98998E

#98998e ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#98998e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 60% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.19% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 65.45°, with 5.12% saturation and 57.84% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.81.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3141

Complementary

  1. #98998e
  2. #8f8e99

Split complementary

  1. #98998e
  2. #8e9299
  3. #948e99

Analogous

  1. #99948e
  2. #98998e
  3. #92998e

Triadic

  1. #98998e
  2. #8e9899
  3. #998e98

Tetradic

  1. #98998e
  2. #8e998f
  3. #8f8e99
  4. #998e98

Square

  1. #98998e
  2. #8e9994
  3. #8f8e99
  4. #998e92

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4b43
  2. #727368
  3. #98998e
  4. #bdbdb6
  5. #e1e2de

Shades

#98998e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98998e
  2. #898a80
  3. #7a7a72
  4. #6a6b63
  5. #5b5c55
  6. #4c4d47
  7. #3d3d39
  8. #2e2e2b
  9. #1e1f1c
  10. #0f0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#98998e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98998e
  2. #a2a399
  3. #adada5
  4. #b7b8b0
  5. #c1c2bb
  6. #ccccc7
  7. #d6d6d2
  8. #e0e0dd
  9. #eaebe8
  10. #f5f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98998e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98998e
  2. #96978d
  3. #93948b
  4. #91928a
  5. #8e8f88
  6. #8c8d87
  7. #8a8a86
  8. #878884
  9. #858583
  10. #828381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #989894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b988d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b988e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a9896 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9a988e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a998e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #999893 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98998e {
  color: #98998e;
}
Background
.bg-98998e {
  background-color: #98998e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98998e {
  border: 2px solid #98998e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98998e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 153 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 65 5% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98998e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98998e, #92998e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98998e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 153 142 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.81 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.81 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.35 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.20 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.20 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.19 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.19 #676671 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#98998e  rgb(152, 153, 142)  hsl(65, 5%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#8f8e99  rgb(143, 142, 153)  hsl(245, 5%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#8e9899  rgb(142, 152, 153)  hsl(185, 5%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#998e98  rgb(153, 142, 152)  hsl(305, 5%, 58%)  Taupe Gray