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#9EA8A3

#9ea8a3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9ea8a3 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, 65.88% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.95% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.98% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 150°, with 5.43% saturation and 63.92% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3792

Complementary

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #a89ea3

Split complementary

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #a89ea8
  3. #a89e9e

Analogous

  1. #9ea89e
  2. #9ea8a3
  3. #9ea8a8

Triadic

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #a39ea8
  3. #a8a39e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #9ea3a8
  3. #a89ea3
  4. #a8a39e

Square

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #9e9ea8
  3. #a89ea3
  4. #a8a89e

Monochromatic

  1. #525b56
  2. #76847d
  3. #9ea8a3
  4. #c6ccc9
  5. #eff0ef

Shades

#9ea8a3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #8e9793
  3. #7e8682
  4. #6f7672
  5. #5f6562
  6. #4f5452
  7. #3f4341
  8. #2f3231
  9. #202221
  10. #101110
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea8a3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #a8b1ac
  3. #b1b9b5
  4. #bbc2bf
  5. #c5cbc8
  6. #cfd4d1
  7. #d8dcda
  8. #e2e5e3
  9. #eceeed
  10. #f5f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea8a3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea8a3
  2. #9ba4a0
  3. #98a09c
  4. #959c99
  5. #929895
  6. #8f9492
  7. #8c908e
  8. #898c8b
  9. #868887
  10. #838484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a7a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8a6a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a5a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca8a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a7a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a6a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9da8a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea8a3 {
  color: #9ea8a3;
}
Background
.bg-9ea8a3 {
  background-color: #9ea8a3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea8a3 {
  border: 2px solid #9ea8a3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea8a3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 168 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 150 5% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea8a3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea8a3, #9ea8a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea8a3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 168 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.04 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.04 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.30 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.92 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.42 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.78 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.28 #61575c Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9ea8a3  rgb(158, 168, 163)  hsl(150, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a89ea3  rgb(168, 158, 163)  hsl(330, 5%, 64%)  Rose Quartz
#a39ea8  rgb(163, 158, 168)  hsl(270, 5%, 64%)  Rose Quartz
#a8a39e  rgb(168, 163, 158)  hsl(30, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray