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#9EA0A2

#9ea0a2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9ea0a2 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 62.75% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.47% cyan, 1.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 2.11% saturation and 62.75% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3502

Complementary

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a2a09e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a29e9e
  3. #a2a29e

Analogous

  1. #9ea2a2
  2. #9ea0a2
  3. #9e9ea2

Triadic

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a29ea0
  3. #a0a29e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a09ea2
  3. #a2a09e
  4. #a0a29e

Square

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a29ea2
  3. #a2a09e
  4. #9ea29e

Monochromatic

  1. #525455
  2. #777a7c
  3. #9ea0a2
  4. #c5c6c7
  5. #eceded

Shades

#9ea0a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #8e9092
  3. #7e8082
  4. #6f7071
  5. #5f6061
  6. #4f5051
  7. #3f4041
  8. #2f3031
  9. #202020
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea0a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #a8aaab
  3. #b1b3b5
  4. #bbbdbe
  5. #c5c6c7
  6. #cfd0d1
  7. #d8d9da
  8. #e2e3e3
  9. #ececec
  10. #f5f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea0a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea0a2
  2. #9b9d9f
  3. #989a9b
  4. #959698
  5. #929394
  6. #8f9091
  7. #8c8d8e
  8. #898a8a
  9. #868687
  10. #838383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa0a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa0a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fa0a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9da0a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa0a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea0a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9da0a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea0a2 {
  color: #9ea0a2;
}
Background
.bg-9ea0a2 {
  background-color: #9ea0a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea0a2 {
  border: 2px solid #9ea0a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea0a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 160 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 2% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea0a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea0a2, #9e9ea2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea0a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 160 162 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.08 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.08 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.15 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.57 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.62 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.84 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.84 #615f5d Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ea0a2  rgb(158, 160, 162)  hsl(210, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a2a09e  rgb(162, 160, 158)  hsl(30, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a29ea0  rgb(162, 158, 160)  hsl(330, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a0a29e  rgb(160, 162, 158)  hsl(90, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray