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#9DA8B2

#9da8b2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9da8b2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 65.88% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.8% cyan, 5.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 208.57°, with 12% saturation and 65.69% 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 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.1.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3839

Complementary

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #b2a79d

Split complementary

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #b29d9e
  3. #b2b29d

Analogous

  1. #9db2b2
  2. #9da8b2
  3. #9d9eb2

Triadic

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #b29da8
  3. #a8b29d

Tetradic

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #a79db2
  3. #b2a79d
  4. #a8b29d

Square

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #b29db2
  3. #b2a79d
  4. #9eb29d

Monochromatic

  1. #505c66
  2. #728290
  3. #9da8b2
  4. #c8ced4
  5. #f3f4f5

Shades

#9da8b2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #8d97a0
  3. #7e868e
  4. #6e767d
  5. #5e656b
  6. #4f5459
  7. #3f4347
  8. #2f3235
  9. #1f2224
  10. #101112
  11. #000000

Tints

#9da8b2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #a7b1ba
  3. #b1b9c1
  4. #bac2c9
  5. #c4cbd1
  6. #ced4d9
  7. #d8dce0
  8. #e2e5e8
  9. #ebeef0
  10. #f5f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9da8b2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9da8b2
  2. #9aa4ad
  3. #97a0a8
  4. #949ca3
  5. #91989e
  6. #8f9499
  7. #8c9094
  8. #898c8f
  9. #86888a
  10. #838485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a7ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a8b3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a6b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98aaab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a8b2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a7b2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9aa9ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9da8b2 {
  color: #9da8b2;
}
Background
.bg-9da8b2 {
  background-color: #9da8b2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9da8b2 {
  border: 2px solid #9da8b2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9da8b2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 168 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 12% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9da8b2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9da8b2, #9d9eb2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9da8b2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 168 178 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.10 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.04 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.60 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.35 #62574d Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9da8b2  rgb(157, 168, 178)  hsl(209, 12%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#b2a79d  rgb(178, 167, 157)  hsl(29, 12%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#b29da8  rgb(178, 157, 168)  hsl(329, 12%, 66%)  Rose Quartz
#a8b29d  rgb(168, 178, 157)  hsl(89, 12%, 66%)  Ash Gray