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#CAC9C8

#cac9c8 ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#cac9c8 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 78.82% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.5% magenta, 0.99% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 30°, with 1.85% saturation and 78.82% 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 12.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 2.4.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.585

Complementary

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c8c9ca

Split complementary

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c8caca
  3. #c8c8ca

Analogous

  1. #cac8c8
  2. #cac9c8
  3. #cacac8

Triadic

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c8cac9
  3. #c9c8ca

Tetradic

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c9cac8
  3. #c8c9ca
  4. #c9c8ca

Square

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c8cac8
  3. #c8c9ca
  4. #cac8ca

Monochromatic

  1. #7f7c7a
  2. #a4a3a1
  3. #cac9c8
  4. #f0efef
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#cac9c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #b6b5b4
  3. #a2a1a0
  4. #8d8d8c
  5. #797978
  6. #656564
  7. #515050
  8. #3d3c3c
  9. #282828
  10. #141414
  11. #000000

Tints

#cac9c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #cfcece
  3. #d5d4d3
  4. #dad9d9
  5. #dfdfde
  6. #e5e4e4
  7. #eae9e9
  8. #efefef
  9. #f4f4f4
  10. #fafafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cac9c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cac9c8
  2. #c3c2c1
  3. #bbbaba
  4. #b4b3b2
  5. #acacab
  6. #a5a5a4
  7. #9e9d9d
  8. #969696
  9. #8f8f8e
  10. #878787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9c9c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cac9c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cac9c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cac9c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cac9c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cac9c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cac9c8 {
  color: #cac9c8;
}
Background
.bg-cac9c8 {
  background-color: #cac9c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cac9c8 {
  border: 2px solid #cac9c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cac9c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 201 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 2% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cac9c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cac9c8, #cacac8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cac9c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 201 200 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 2.40 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 2.47 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 2.47 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.07 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.51 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 6.28 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 8.34 #353637 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Silver
#cac9c8  rgb(202, 201, 200)  hsl(30, 2%, 79%)  Silver
#c8c9ca  rgb(200, 201, 202)  hsl(210, 2%, 79%)  Silver
#c8cac9  rgb(200, 202, 201)  hsl(150, 2%, 79%)  Light Gray
#c9c8ca  rgb(201, 200, 202)  hsl(270, 2%, 79%)  Silver