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#9EA7B3

#9ea7b3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ea7b3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 65.49% green and 70.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.73% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 12.14% saturation and 66.08% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.36.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3816

Complementary

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #b3aa9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #b3a09e
  3. #b2b39e

Analogous

  1. #9eb2b3
  2. #9ea7b3
  3. #a09eb3

Triadic

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #b39ea7
  3. #a7b39e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #aa9eb3
  3. #b3aa9e
  4. #a7b39e

Square

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #b39eb2
  3. #b3aa9e
  4. #9eb3a0

Monochromatic

  1. #515a67
  2. #738091
  3. #9ea7b3
  4. #c9ced5
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#9ea7b3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #8e96a1
  3. #7e868f
  4. #6f757d
  5. #5f646b
  6. #4f545a
  7. #3f4348
  8. #2f3236
  9. #202124
  10. #101112
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea7b3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #a8b0bb
  3. #b1b9c2
  4. #bbc1ca
  5. #c5cad1
  6. #cfd3d9
  7. #d8dce1
  8. #e2e5e8
  9. #ecedf0
  10. #f5f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea7b3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea7b3
  2. #9ba3ae
  3. #989fa9
  4. #959ba4
  5. #92979f
  6. #8f949a
  7. #8c9094
  8. #898c8f
  9. #86888a
  10. #838485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a6ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a7b4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a5b3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99aaab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a7b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a6b3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba9ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea7b3 {
  color: #9ea7b3;
}
Background
.bg-9ea7b3 {
  background-color: #9ea7b3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea7b3 {
  border: 2px solid #9ea7b3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea7b3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 167 179;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 12% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea7b3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea7b3, #a09eb3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea7b3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 167 179 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.36 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.36 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.77 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.32 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.53 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.99 #61584c Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ea7b3  rgb(158, 167, 179)  hsl(214, 12%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#b3aa9e  rgb(179, 170, 158)  hsl(34, 12%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#b39ea7  rgb(179, 158, 167)  hsl(334, 12%, 66%)  Rose Quartz
#a7b39e  rgb(167, 179, 158)  hsl(94, 12%, 66%)  Ash Gray