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#9CA096

#9ca096 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9ca096 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 62.75% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.25% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 84°, with 5% saturation and 60.78% 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 6.73.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #9ca096
  2. #9a96a0

Split complementary

  1. #9ca096
  2. #9697a0
  3. #9f96a0

Analogous

  1. #a09f96
  2. #9ca096
  3. #97a096

Triadic

  1. #9ca096
  2. #969ca0
  3. #a0969c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca096
  2. #96a09a
  3. #9a96a0
  4. #a0969c

Square

  1. #9ca096
  2. #96a09f
  3. #9a96a0
  4. #a09697

Monochromatic

  1. #4f524b
  2. #767b6f
  3. #9ca096
  4. #c2c4be
  5. #e8e9e6

Shades

#9ca096 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca096
  2. #8c9087
  3. #7d8078
  4. #6d7069
  5. #5e605a
  6. #4e504b
  7. #3e403c
  8. #2f302d
  9. #1f201e
  10. #10100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca096 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca096
  2. #a6aaa1
  3. #b0b3ab
  4. #babdb6
  5. #c4c6c0
  6. #ced0cb
  7. #d7d9d5
  8. #e1e3e0
  9. #ebecea
  10. #f5f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca096 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca096
  2. #999d94
  3. #969a92
  4. #94968f
  5. #91938d
  6. #8e908b
  7. #8b8d89
  8. #888a87
  9. #868684
  10. #838382
  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 #9d9f9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19f95 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19e96 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d9f9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f9f96 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f9f96 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c9f9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca096 {
  color: #9ca096;
}
Background
.bg-9ca096 {
  background-color: #9ca096;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca096 {
  border: 2px solid #9ca096;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca096;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 160 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 84 5% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca096 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca096, #97a096);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca096 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 160 150 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.73 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.73 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.77 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.17 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.15 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.96 #808080 Grey ΔE 11.96 #635f69 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ca096  rgb(156, 160, 150)  hsl(84, 5%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#9a96a0  rgb(154, 150, 160)  hsl(264, 5%, 61%)  Taupe Gray
#969ca0  rgb(150, 156, 160)  hsl(204, 5%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a0969c  rgb(160, 150, 156)  hsl(324, 5%, 61%)  Rose Quartz