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#989B93

#989b93 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#989b93 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, 60.78% green and 57.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.94% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.16% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 82.5°, with 3.85% saturation and 59.22% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.7.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3222

Complementary

  1. #989b93
  2. #96939b

Split complementary

  1. #989b93
  2. #93949b
  3. #9a939b

Analogous

  1. #9b9a93
  2. #989b93
  3. #949b93

Triadic

  1. #989b93
  2. #93989b
  3. #9b9398

Tetradic

  1. #989b93
  2. #939b96
  3. #96939b
  4. #9b9398

Square

  1. #989b93
  2. #939b9a
  3. #96939b
  4. #9b9394

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4d48
  2. #72756c
  3. #989b93
  4. #bec0bb
  5. #e4e5e2

Shades

#989b93 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #989b93
  2. #898c84
  3. #7a7c76
  4. #6a6d67
  5. #5b5d58
  6. #4c4e4a
  7. #3d3e3b
  8. #2e2f2c
  9. #1e1f1d
  10. #0f100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#989b93 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #989b93
  2. #a2a59e
  3. #adafa9
  4. #b7b9b3
  5. #c1c3be
  6. #cccdc9
  7. #d6d7d4
  8. #e0e1df
  9. #eaebe9
  10. #f5f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#989b93 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #989b93
  2. #969891
  3. #93968f
  4. #91938d
  5. #8e908b
  6. #8c8e8a
  7. #8a8b88
  8. #878886
  9. #858584
  10. #828382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999a97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9a93 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9a93 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #999a99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9a9a93 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a9a93 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #989a96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-989b93 {
  color: #989b93;
}
Background
.bg-989b93 {
  background-color: #989b93;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-989b93 {
  border: 2px solid #989b93;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #989b93;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 155 147;
  --color-primary-hsl: 83 4% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-989b93 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #989b93, #949b93);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-989b93 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 155 147 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.70 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.70 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.38 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.17 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.17 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.33 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.35 #67646c Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#989b93  rgb(152, 155, 147)  hsl(83, 4%, 59%)  Dark Gray
#96939b  rgb(150, 147, 155)  hsl(263, 4%, 59%)  Taupe Gray
#93989b  rgb(147, 152, 155)  hsl(203, 4%, 59%)  Dark Gray
#9b9398  rgb(155, 147, 152)  hsl(323, 4%, 59%)  Taupe Gray