Recognised as Colour

#9FAAA9

#9FAAA9
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#9FAAA9 is a grey with RGB values 159, 170, 169 and HSL 175°, 6%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9FAAA9#9FAAA9

HEX#9FAAA9

RGBrgb(159, 170, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6667, 0.6627

RGB percentages62.4%, 66.7%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(174.5, 6.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 6.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK6.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,463,913

CSS custom property--colour: #9FAAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#605556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9A9A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A7A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9CABAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 4.2 Silver · ΔE 9.9 Gray · ΔE 15.7 Light grey · ΔE 16.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 4.17, a close match

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AA9FA0

Analogous#9FAAA3, #9FA6AA

Triadic#A99FAA, #AAA99F

Split complementary#AA9FA6, #AAA49F

Tetradic#A39FAA, #AA9FA0, #A5AA9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F2F2

Lighter +20%#D5DAD9

Lighter +10%#BAC2C1

Darker −10%#849291

Darker −20%#6B7877

Darker −30%#535D5C

Darker −40%#3B4242

More saturated +25%#88C1BC

Less saturated −25%#A4A4A4

Channel breakdown

R159

G170

B169

Red159 (62.4%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue174.55°

Saturation (HSL)6.08%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G AA · B A9

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