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#9BA29B

#9ba29b ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9ba29b 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, 63.53% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 120°, with 3.63% saturation and 62.16% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #a29ba2

Split complementary

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #9f9ba2
  3. #a29b9f

Analogous

  1. #9fa29b
  2. #9ba29b
  3. #9ba29f

Triadic

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #9b9ba2
  3. #a29b9b

Tetradic

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #9ba2a2
  3. #a29ba2
  4. #a29b9b

Square

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #9b9fa2
  3. #a29ba2
  4. #a29f9b

Monochromatic

  1. #4f554f
  2. #747d74
  3. #9ba29b
  4. #c3c7c3
  5. #eaecea

Shades

#9ba29b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #8c928c
  3. #7c827c
  4. #6d716d
  5. #5d615d
  6. #4e514e
  7. #3e413e
  8. #2f312f
  9. #1f201f
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ba29b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #a5aba5
  3. #afb5af
  4. #b9beb9
  5. #c3c7c3
  6. #cdd1cd
  7. #d7dad7
  8. #e1e3e1
  9. #ebeceb
  10. #f5f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ba29b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ba29b
  2. #989f98
  3. #969b96
  4. #939893
  5. #909490
  6. #8e918e
  7. #8b8e8b
  8. #888a88
  9. #858785
  10. #838383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a19b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a09b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aa2a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa19b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa19b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba29e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ba29b {
  color: #9ba29b;
}
Background
.bg-9ba29b {
  background-color: #9ba29b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ba29b {
  border: 2px solid #9ba29b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ba29b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 162 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 120 4% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ba29b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ba29b, #9ba29f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ba29b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 162 155 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.20 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.20 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.95 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.53 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.55 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.89 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.09 #645d64 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ba29b  rgb(155, 162, 155)  hsl(120, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a29ba2  rgb(162, 155, 162)  hsl(300, 4%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#9b9ba2  rgb(155, 155, 162)  hsl(240, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a29b9b  rgb(162, 155, 155)  hsl(0, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray