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#999E92

#999e92 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#999e92 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 61.96% green and 57.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.59% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 85°, with 5.83% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.01.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.333

Complementary

  1. #999e92
  2. #97929e

Split complementary

  1. #999e92
  2. #92939e
  3. #9d929e

Analogous

  1. #9e9d92
  2. #999e92
  3. #939e92

Triadic

  1. #999e92
  2. #92999e
  3. #9e9299

Tetradic

  1. #999e92
  2. #929e97
  3. #97929e
  4. #9e9299

Square

  1. #999e92
  2. #929e9d
  3. #97929e
  4. #9e9293

Monochromatic

  1. #4c5047
  2. #73786b
  3. #999e92
  4. #bfc2ba
  5. #e5e6e3

Shades

#999e92 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999e92
  2. #8a8e83
  3. #7a7e75
  4. #6b6f66
  5. #5c5f58
  6. #4d4f49
  7. #3d3f3a
  8. #2e2f2c
  9. #1f201d
  10. #0f100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#999e92 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999e92
  2. #a3a89d
  3. #adb1a8
  4. #b8bbb3
  5. #c2c5be
  6. #cccfc9
  7. #d6d8d3
  8. #e0e2de
  9. #ebece9
  10. #f5f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999e92 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999e92
  2. #979b90
  3. #94988e
  4. #92958d
  5. #8f928b
  6. #8d8f89
  7. #8a8c87
  8. #888985
  9. #858684
  10. #838382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9d98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a09c91 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9c92 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a9d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9d92 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9d92 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #999d97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999e92 {
  color: #999e92;
}
Background
.bg-999e92 {
  background-color: #999e92;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999e92 {
  border: 2px solid #999e92;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999e92;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 158 146;
  --color-primary-hsl: 85 6% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999e92 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999e92, #939e92);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999e92 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 158 146 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.01 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.01 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.35 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.12 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.94 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.92 #808080 Grey ΔE 11.92 #66616d Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#999e92  rgb(153, 158, 146)  hsl(85, 6%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#97929e  rgb(151, 146, 158)  hsl(265, 6%, 60%)  Taupe Gray
#92999e  rgb(146, 153, 158)  hsl(205, 6%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#9e9299  rgb(158, 146, 153)  hsl(325, 6%, 60%)  Rose Quartz