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#989EA3

#989ea3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#989ea3 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, 61.96% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.75% cyan, 3.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 5.64% saturation and 61.76% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.98.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3377

Complementary

  1. #989ea3
  2. #a39d98

Split complementary

  1. #989ea3
  2. #a39898
  3. #a3a298

Analogous

  1. #98a3a2
  2. #989ea3
  3. #9898a3

Triadic

  1. #989ea3
  2. #a3989e
  3. #9ea398

Tetradic

  1. #989ea3
  2. #9d98a3
  3. #a39d98
  4. #9ea398

Square

  1. #989ea3
  2. #a298a3
  3. #a39d98
  4. #98a398

Monochromatic

  1. #4c5156
  2. #71787e
  3. #989ea3
  4. #c0c4c7
  5. #e9eaeb

Shades

#989ea3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #989ea3
  2. #898e93
  3. #7a7e82
  4. #6a6f72
  5. #5b5f62
  6. #4c4f52
  7. #3d3f41
  8. #2e2f31
  9. #1e2021
  10. #0f1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#989ea3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #989ea3
  2. #a2a8ac
  3. #adb1b5
  4. #b7bbbf
  5. #c1c5c8
  6. #cccfd1
  7. #d6d8da
  8. #e0e2e3
  9. #eaeced
  10. #f5f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#989ea3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #989ea3
  2. #969ba0
  3. #93989c
  4. #919599
  5. #8e9295
  6. #8c8f92
  7. #8a8c8e
  8. #87898b
  9. #858687
  10. #828384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9da0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9ea3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9da3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #959fa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9a9ea3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a9da3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #969fa1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-989ea3 {
  color: #989ea3;
}
Background
.bg-989ea3 {
  background-color: #989ea3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-989ea3 {
  border: 2px solid #989ea3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #989ea3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 158 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 6% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-989ea3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #989ea3, #9898a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-989ea3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 158 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.98 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.98 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.56 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.76 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.76 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.87 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.08 #67615c Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#989ea3  rgb(152, 158, 163)  hsl(207, 6%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a39d98  rgb(163, 157, 152)  hsl(27, 6%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a3989e  rgb(163, 152, 158)  hsl(327, 6%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#9ea398  rgb(158, 163, 152)  hsl(87, 6%, 62%)  Dark Gray