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#9FA18F

#9fa18f ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9fa18f is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 63.14% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.18% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 66.67°, with 8.74% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.23.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #918fa1

Split complementary

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #8f96a1
  3. #9a8fa1

Analogous

  1. #a19a8f
  2. #9fa18f
  3. #96a18f

Triadic

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #8f9fa1
  3. #a18f9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #8fa191
  3. #918fa1
  4. #a18f9f

Square

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #8fa19a
  3. #918fa1
  4. #a18f96

Monochromatic

  1. #515245
  2. #797c68
  3. #9fa18f
  4. #c3c4b9
  5. #e6e7e2

Shades

#9fa18f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #8f9181
  3. #7f8172
  4. #6f7164
  5. #5f6156
  6. #505148
  7. #404039
  8. #30302b
  9. #20201d
  10. #10100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa18f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #a9aa9a
  3. #b2b4a5
  4. #bcbdb1
  5. #c5c7bc
  6. #cfd0c7
  7. #d9d9d2
  8. #e2e3dd
  9. #ecece9
  10. #f5f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa18f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa18f
  2. #9c9e8e
  3. #999a8c
  4. #96978b
  5. #939489
  6. #909188
  7. #8c8d86
  8. #898a85
  9. #868783
  10. #838382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa099 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49f8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a090 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a19f9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a08e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a08f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1a097 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa18f {
  color: #9fa18f;
}
Background
.bg-9fa18f {
  background-color: #9fa18f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa18f {
  border: 2px solid #9fa18f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa18f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 161 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 67 9% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa18f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa18f, #96a18f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa18f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 161 143 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.23 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.23 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.52 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.76 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.96 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.39 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.39 #605e70 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9fa18f  rgb(159, 161, 143)  hsl(67, 9%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#918fa1  rgb(145, 143, 161)  hsl(247, 9%, 60%)  Cool Gray
#8f9fa1  rgb(143, 159, 161)  hsl(187, 9%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#a18f9f  rgb(161, 143, 159)  hsl(307, 9%, 60%)  Rose Quartz