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#9B9FA3

#9b9fa3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9b9fa3 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 62.35% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.91% cyan, 2.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 4.17% saturation and 62.35% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #a39f9b

Split complementary

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #a39b9b
  3. #a3a39b

Analogous

  1. #9ba3a3
  2. #9b9fa3
  3. #9b9ba3

Triadic

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #a39b9f
  3. #9fa39b

Tetradic

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #9f9ba3
  3. #a39f9b
  4. #9fa39b

Square

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #a39ba3
  3. #a39f9b
  4. #9ba39b

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5256
  2. #74797e
  3. #9b9fa3
  4. #c3c5c8
  5. #ebebec

Shades

#9b9fa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #8c8f93
  3. #7c7f82
  4. #6d6f72
  5. #5d5f62
  6. #4e5052
  7. #3e4041
  8. #2f3031
  9. #1f2021
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#9b9fa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #a5a9ac
  3. #afb2b5
  4. #b9bcbf
  5. #c3c5c8
  6. #cdcfd1
  7. #d7d9da
  8. #e1e2e3
  9. #ebeced
  10. #f5f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9b9fa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9b9fa3
  2. #989ca0
  3. #96999c
  4. #939699
  5. #909395
  6. #8e9092
  7. #8b8c8e
  8. #88898b
  9. #858687
  10. #838384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9fa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9fa3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9ea3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99a0a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9fa3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c9ea3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9aa0a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9b9fa3 {
  color: #9b9fa3;
}
Background
.bg-9b9fa3 {
  background-color: #9b9fa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9b9fa3 {
  border: 2px solid #9b9fa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9b9fa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 159 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 4% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9b9fa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b9fa3, #9b9ba3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9b9fa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 159 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.09 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.09 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.62 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.62 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.79 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.35 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.57 #64605c Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9b9fa3  rgb(155, 159, 163)  hsl(210, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a39f9b  rgb(163, 159, 155)  hsl(30, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a39b9f  rgb(163, 155, 159)  hsl(330, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9fa39b  rgb(159, 163, 155)  hsl(90, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray