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#9D9B97

#9d9b97 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9d9b97 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 60.78% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.27% magenta, 3.82% yellow and 38.43% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 2.97% saturation and 60.39% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3285

Complementary

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #97999d

Split complementary

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #979c9d
  3. #98979d

Analogous

  1. #9d9897
  2. #9d9b97
  3. #9c9d97

Triadic

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #979d9b
  3. #9b979d

Tetradic

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #999d97
  3. #97999d
  4. #9b979d

Square

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #979d98
  3. #97999d
  4. #9d979c

Monochromatic

  1. #504e4b
  2. #777570
  3. #9d9b97
  4. #c2c1be
  5. #e7e7e6

Shades

#9d9b97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #8d8c88
  3. #7e7c79
  4. #6e6d6a
  5. #5e5d5b
  6. #4f4e4c
  7. #3f3e3c
  8. #2f2f2d
  9. #1f1f1e
  10. #10100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#9d9b97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #a7a5a1
  3. #b1afac
  4. #bab9b6
  5. #c4c3c1
  6. #cecdcb
  7. #d8d7d5
  8. #e2e1e0
  9. #ebebea
  10. #f5f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9d9b97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9d9b97
  2. #9a9895
  3. #979692
  4. #949390
  5. #91908e
  6. #8f8e8c
  7. #8c8b89
  8. #898887
  9. #868585
  10. #838382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c9b9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9b97 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9b97 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e9a9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c9b97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9b97 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e9b99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9d9b97 {
  color: #9d9b97;
}
Background
.bg-9d9b97 {
  background-color: #9d9b97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9d9b97 {
  border: 2px solid #9d9b97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9d9b97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 155 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 3% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9d9b97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9d9b97, #9c9d97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9d9b97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 155 151 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.75 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.75 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.02 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.88 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.61 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.61 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.70 #626468 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9d9b97  rgb(157, 155, 151)  hsl(40, 3%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#97999d  rgb(151, 153, 157)  hsl(220, 3%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#979d9b  rgb(151, 157, 155)  hsl(160, 3%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#9b979d  rgb(155, 151, 157)  hsl(280, 3%, 60%)  Taupe Gray