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#99A199

#99a199 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#99a199 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 63.14% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.97% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.97% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 120°, with 4.08% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3456

Complementary

  1. #99a199
  2. #a199a1

Split complementary

  1. #99a199
  2. #9d99a1
  3. #a1999d

Analogous

  1. #9da199
  2. #99a199
  3. #99a19d

Triadic

  1. #99a199
  2. #9999a1
  3. #a19999

Tetradic

  1. #99a199
  2. #99a1a1
  3. #a199a1
  4. #a19999

Square

  1. #99a199
  2. #999da1
  3. #a199a1
  4. #a19d99

Monochromatic

  1. #4d544d
  2. #727c72
  3. #99a199
  4. #c1c6c1
  5. #e9eae9

Shades

#99a199 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99a199
  2. #8a918a
  3. #7a817a
  4. #6b716b
  5. #5c615c
  6. #4d514d
  7. #3d403d
  8. #2e302e
  9. #1f201f
  10. #0f100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#99a199 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99a199
  2. #a3aaa3
  3. #adb4ad
  4. #b8bdb8
  5. #c2c7c2
  6. #ccd0cc
  7. #d6d9d6
  8. #e0e3e0
  9. #ebeceb
  10. #f5f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99a199 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99a199
  2. #979e97
  3. #949a94
  4. #929792
  5. #8f948f
  6. #8d918d
  7. #8a8d8a
  8. #888a88
  9. #858785
  10. #838383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca09c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19f99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a09e99 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98a09f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea099 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9f99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99a19c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99a199 {
  color: #99a199;
}
Background
.bg-99a199 {
  background-color: #99a199;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99a199 {
  border: 2px solid #99a199;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99a199;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 161 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 120 4% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99a199 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99a199, #99a19d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99a199 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 161 153 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.99 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.99 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.18 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.52 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.89 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.26 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.42 #665e66 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#99a199  rgb(153, 161, 153)  hsl(120, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a199a1  rgb(161, 153, 161)  hsl(300, 4%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#9999a1  rgb(153, 153, 161)  hsl(240, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a19999  rgb(161, 153, 153)  hsl(0, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray