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#99978D

#99978d ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#99978d is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 59.22% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.31% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 5.56% saturation and 57.65% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.58.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3083

Complementary

  1. #99978d
  2. #8d8f99

Split complementary

  1. #99978d
  2. #8d9599
  3. #918d99

Analogous

  1. #99918d
  2. #99978d
  3. #95998d

Triadic

  1. #99978d
  2. #8d9997
  3. #978d99

Tetradic

  1. #99978d
  2. #8f998d
  3. #8d8f99
  4. #978d99

Square

  1. #99978d
  2. #8d9991
  3. #8d8f99
  4. #998d95

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4943
  2. #737167
  3. #99978d
  4. #bdbcb5
  5. #e1e1de

Shades

#99978d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99978d
  2. #8a887f
  3. #7a7971
  4. #6b6a63
  5. #5c5b55
  6. #4d4c47
  7. #3d3c38
  8. #2e2d2a
  9. #1f1e1c
  10. #0f0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#99978d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99978d
  2. #a3a198
  3. #adaca4
  4. #b8b6af
  5. #c2c1bb
  6. #cccbc6
  7. #d6d5d1
  8. #e0e0dd
  9. #ebeae8
  10. #f5f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99978d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99978d
  2. #97958c
  3. #94928a
  4. #929089
  5. #8f8e88
  6. #8d8c87
  7. #8a8985
  8. #888784
  9. #858583
  10. #838281
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #989793 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99968c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a978d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b9594 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99978d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a978d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a9691 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99978d {
  color: #99978d;
}
Background
.bg-99978d {
  background-color: #99978d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99978d {
  border: 2px solid #99978d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99978d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 151 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 6% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99978d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99978d, #95998d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99978d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 151 141 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.58 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.58 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.62 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.45 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.45 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.36 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.18 #666872 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#99978d  rgb(153, 151, 141)  hsl(50, 6%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#8d8f99  rgb(141, 143, 153)  hsl(230, 6%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#8d9997  rgb(141, 153, 151)  hsl(170, 6%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#978d99  rgb(151, 141, 153)  hsl(290, 6%, 58%)  Taupe Gray