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#9E9A8A

#9e9a8a ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9e9a8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 60.39% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 12.66% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 48°, with 9.35% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.9.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3222

Complementary

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8a8e9e

Split complementary

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8a989e
  3. #908a9e

Analogous

  1. #9e908a
  2. #9e9a8a
  3. #989e8a

Triadic

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8a9e9a
  3. #9a8a9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8e9e8a
  3. #8a8e9e
  4. #9a8a9e

Square

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8a9e90
  3. #8a8e9e
  4. #9e8a98

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4c41
  2. #787463
  3. #9e9a8a
  4. #c1beb4
  5. #e3e2de

Shades

#9e9a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #8e8b7c
  3. #7e7b6e
  4. #6f6c61
  5. #5f5c53
  6. #4f4d45
  7. #3f3e37
  8. #2f2e29
  9. #201f1c
  10. #100f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e9a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #a8a496
  3. #b1aea1
  4. #bbb8ad
  5. #c5c2b9
  6. #cfcdc5
  7. #d8d7d0
  8. #e2e1dc
  9. #ecebe8
  10. #f5f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e9a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e9a8a
  2. #9b9789
  3. #989588
  4. #959287
  5. #929086
  6. #8f8d85
  7. #8c8a84
  8. #898883
  9. #868582
  10. #838381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9a94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9989 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9a8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a29795 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9989 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9a8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a09891 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e9a8a {
  color: #9e9a8a;
}
Background
.bg-9e9a8a {
  background-color: #9e9a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e9a8a {
  border: 2px solid #9e9a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e9a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 154 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 9% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e9a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e9a8a, #989e8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e9a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 154 138 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.90 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.90 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.91 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.72 #808080 Grey ΔE 11.72 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.13 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 12.40 #616575 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9e9a8a  rgb(158, 154, 138)  hsl(48, 9%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#8a8e9e  rgb(138, 142, 158)  hsl(228, 9%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#8a9e9a  rgb(138, 158, 154)  hsl(168, 9%, 58%)  Xanadu
#9a8a9e  rgb(154, 138, 158)  hsl(288, 9%, 58%)  Rose Quartz