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#9CA7B2

#9ca7b2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ca7b2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 65.49% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.36% cyan, 6.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 12.5% saturation and 65.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.41.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3792

Complementary

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #b2a79c

Split complementary

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #b29c9c
  3. #b2b29c

Analogous

  1. #9cb2b2
  2. #9ca7b2
  3. #9c9cb2

Triadic

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #b29ca7
  3. #a7b29c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #a79cb2
  3. #b2a79c
  4. #a7b29c

Square

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #b29cb2
  3. #b2a79c
  4. #9cb29c

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5a66
  2. #718191
  3. #9ca7b2
  4. #c7cdd3
  5. #f2f3f5

Shades

#9ca7b2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #8c96a0
  3. #7d868e
  4. #6d757d
  5. #5e646b
  6. #4e5459
  7. #3e4347
  8. #2f3235
  9. #1f2124
  10. #101112
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca7b2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #a6b0ba
  3. #b0b9c1
  4. #bac1c9
  5. #c4cad1
  6. #ced3d9
  7. #d7dce0
  8. #e1e5e8
  9. #ebedf0
  10. #f5f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca7b2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca7b2
  2. #99a3ad
  3. #969fa8
  4. #949ba3
  5. #91979e
  6. #8e9499
  7. #8b9094
  8. #888c8f
  9. #86888a
  10. #838485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2a6ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a7b3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a5b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97a9aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a7b2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa6b2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99a9ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca7b2 {
  color: #9ca7b2;
}
Background
.bg-9ca7b2 {
  background-color: #9ca7b2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca7b2 {
  border: 2px solid #9ca7b2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca7b2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 167 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 13% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca7b2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca7b2, #9c9cb2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca7b2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 167 178 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.41 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.42 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.63 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.66 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.81 #63584d Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ca7b2  rgb(156, 167, 178)  hsl(210, 13%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#b2a79c  rgb(178, 167, 156)  hsl(30, 13%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#b29ca7  rgb(178, 156, 167)  hsl(330, 13%, 65%)  Rose Quartz
#a7b29c  rgb(167, 178, 156)  hsl(90, 13%, 65%)  Ash Gray