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#999C8A

#999c8a ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#999c8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 61.18% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.54% yellow and 38.82% black. Its hue angle is 70°, with 8.33% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 10.02.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3238

Complementary

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8d8a9c

Split complementary

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8a909c
  3. #968a9c

Analogous

  1. #9c968a
  2. #999c8a
  3. #909c8a

Triadic

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8a999c
  3. #9c8a99

Tetradic

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8a9c8d
  3. #8d8a9c
  4. #9c8a99

Square

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8a9c96
  3. #8d8a9c
  4. #9c8a90

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4c41
  2. #737664
  3. #999c8a
  4. #bdbfb3
  5. #e1e2dd

Shades

#999c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999c8a
  2. #8a8c7c
  3. #7a7d6e
  4. #6b6d61
  5. #5c5e53
  6. #4d4e45
  7. #3d3e37
  8. #2e2f29
  9. #1f1f1c
  10. #0f100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#999c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999c8a
  2. #a3a696
  3. #adb0a1
  4. #b8baad
  5. #c2c4b9
  6. #cccec5
  7. #d6d7d0
  8. #e0e1dc
  9. #ebebe8
  10. #f5f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999c8a
  2. #979989
  3. #949688
  4. #929487
  5. #8f9186
  6. #8d8e85
  7. #8a8b84
  8. #888883
  9. #858682
  10. #838381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a9b94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9a89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9a8b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b9a97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9b89 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c9b8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a9b92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999c8a {
  color: #999c8a;
}
Background
.bg-999c8a {
  background-color: #999c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999c8a {
  border: 2px solid #999c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 156 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 70 8% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999c8a, #909c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 156 138 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.02 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.02 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.76 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.83 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.90 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.87 #808080 Gray ΔE 12.72 #666375 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#999c8a  rgb(153, 156, 138)  hsl(70, 8%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#8d8a9c  rgb(141, 138, 156)  hsl(250, 8%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#8a999c  rgb(138, 153, 156)  hsl(190, 8%, 58%)  Light Slate Gray
#9c8a99  rgb(156, 138, 153)  hsl(310, 8%, 58%)  Rose Quartz