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#9CA09F

#9ca09f ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9ca09f 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 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.62% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 2.06% saturation and 61.96% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3471

Complementary

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #a09c9d

Split complementary

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #a09c9f
  3. #a09d9c

Analogous

  1. #9ca09d
  2. #9ca09f
  3. #9c9fa0

Triadic

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #9f9ca0
  3. #a09f9c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #9c9da0
  3. #a09c9d
  4. #a09f9c

Square

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #9d9ca0
  3. #a09c9d
  4. #9fa09c

Monochromatic

  1. #505352
  2. #757a79
  3. #9ca09f
  4. #c3c5c5
  5. #eaebeb

Shades

#9ca09f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #8c908f
  3. #7d807f
  4. #6d706f
  5. #5e605f
  6. #4e5050
  7. #3e4040
  8. #2f3030
  9. #1f2020
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca09f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #a6aaa9
  3. #b0b3b2
  4. #babdbc
  5. #c4c6c5
  6. #ced0cf
  7. #d7d9d9
  8. #e1e3e2
  9. #ebecec
  10. #f5f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca09f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca09f
  2. #999d9c
  3. #969a99
  4. #949696
  5. #919393
  6. #8e9090
  7. #8b8d8c
  8. #888a89
  9. #868686
  10. #838383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e9f9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a09f9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9f9f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ba0a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea09f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9f9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba09f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca09f {
  color: #9ca09f;
}
Background
.bg-9ca09f {
  background-color: #9ca09f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca09f {
  border: 2px solid #9ca09f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca09f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 160 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 2% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca09f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca09f, #9c9fa0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca09f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 160 159 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.76 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.36 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.53 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.70 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.52 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.82 #635f60 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ca09f  rgb(156, 160, 159)  hsl(165, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a09c9d  rgb(160, 156, 157)  hsl(345, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9f9ca0  rgb(159, 156, 160)  hsl(285, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a09f9c  rgb(160, 159, 156)  hsl(45, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray