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#989F98

#989f98 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#989f98 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, 62.35% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.4% yellow and 37.65% black. Its hue angle is 120°, with 3.52% saturation and 60.98% 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 6.66.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3374

Complementary

  1. #989f98
  2. #9f989f

Split complementary

  1. #989f98
  2. #9b989f
  3. #9f989b

Analogous

  1. #9b9f98
  2. #989f98
  3. #989f9b

Triadic

  1. #989f98
  2. #98989f
  3. #9f9898

Tetradic

  1. #989f98
  2. #989f9f
  3. #9f989f
  4. #9f9898

Square

  1. #989f98
  2. #989b9f
  3. #9f989f
  4. #9f9b98

Monochromatic

  1. #4c524c
  2. #717971
  3. #989f98
  4. #c0c4c0
  5. #e7e9e7

Shades

#989f98 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #989f98
  2. #898f89
  3. #7a7f7a
  4. #6a6f6a
  5. #5b5f5b
  6. #4c504c
  7. #3d403d
  8. #2e302e
  9. #1e201e
  10. #0f100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#989f98 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #989f98
  2. #a2a9a2
  3. #adb2ad
  4. #b7bcb7
  5. #c1c5c1
  6. #cccfcc
  7. #d6d9d6
  8. #e0e2e0
  9. #eaecea
  10. #f5f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#989f98 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #989f98
  2. #969c96
  3. #939993
  4. #919691
  5. #8e938e
  6. #8c908c
  7. #8a8c8a
  8. #878987
  9. #858685
  10. #828382
  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 #9b9e9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9e98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9d98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #979f9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c9e98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c9e98 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #989f9b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-989f98 {
  color: #989f98;
}
Background
.bg-989f98 {
  background-color: #989f98;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-989f98 {
  border: 2px solid #989f98;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #989f98;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 159 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 120 4% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-989f98 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #989f98, #989f9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-989f98 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 159 152 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.66 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.83 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.72 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.30 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.35 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.41 #676067 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#989f98  rgb(152, 159, 152)  hsl(120, 4%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#9f989f  rgb(159, 152, 159)  hsl(300, 4%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#98989f  rgb(152, 152, 159)  hsl(240, 4%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#9f9898  rgb(159, 152, 152)  hsl(0, 4%, 61%)  Dark Gray