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#CAC9CA

#cac9ca ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#cac9ca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 300°, with 0.93% saturation and 79.02% 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 12.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 2.5.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5859

Complementary

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #c9cac9

Split complementary

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cacac9
  3. #c9caca

Analogous

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cac9ca
  3. #cac9ca

Triadic

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cacac9
  3. #c9caca

Tetradic

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cac9c9
  3. #c9cac9
  4. #c9caca

Square

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cacac9
  3. #c9cac9
  4. #c9caca

Monochromatic

  1. #7e7c7e
  2. #a4a2a4
  3. #cac9ca
  4. #f0f0f0
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#cac9ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #b6b5b6
  3. #a2a1a2
  4. #8d8d8d
  5. #797979
  6. #656565
  7. #515051
  8. #3d3c3d
  9. #282828
  10. #141414
  11. #000000

Tints

#cac9ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #cfcecf
  3. #d5d4d5
  4. #dad9da
  5. #dfdfdf
  6. #e5e4e5
  7. #eae9ea
  8. #efefef
  9. #f4f4f4
  10. #fafafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cac9ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cac9ca
  2. #c3c2c3
  3. #bbbabb
  4. #b4b3b4
  5. #acacac
  6. #a5a5a5
  7. #9e9d9e
  8. #969696
  9. #8f8f8f
  10. #878787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cac9ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9c9ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9c9ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cac9c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9c9ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9c9ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cac9ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cac9ca {
  color: #cac9ca;
}
Background
.bg-cac9ca {
  background-color: #cac9ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cac9ca {
  border: 2px solid #cac9ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cac9ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 201 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 300 1% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cac9ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cac9ca, #cac9ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cac9ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 201 202 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 2.50 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 2.50 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 2.50 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.51 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.64 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 6.44 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.67 #353635 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Silver
#cac9ca  rgb(202, 201, 202)  hsl(300, 1%, 79%)  Silver
#c9cac9  rgb(201, 202, 201)  hsl(120, 1%, 79%)  Light Gray
#cacac9  rgb(202, 202, 201)  hsl(60, 1%, 79%)  Light Gray
#c9caca  rgb(201, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 1%, 79%)  Light Gray