HEX Color #99A8AF (Darkgray)

About #99A8AF

When working with digital screens, the color #99A8AF is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkgray. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(153, 168, 175).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 13% cyan and 4% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 199.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#99A8AF

RGB153, 168, 175

HSL199.1°, 12.1%, 64.3%

CMYK13%, 4%, 0%, 31%

HSV199.1°, 12.6%, 68.6%

LAB67.9, -3.8, -5.4

XYZ34.9, 37.9, 46.0

Decimal10070191

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#99A8AF #AEA099

Analogous

#99AEAB #999CAE

Triadic

#AE99A7 #A7AE99

Tetradic

#AB99AE #AEA099 #9CAE99

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#99A8AF

#A4B1B7

#AFBBC0

#BBC5C9

#C6CED2

#D1D8DB

#DDE2E4

#E8EBED

#F3F5F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#99A8AF

#88959B

#778288

#667074

#555D61

#444A4D

#33383A

#222526

#111213

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.45:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.57:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.34:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.29:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #99A8AF; }

.text-color { color: #99A8AF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #99A8AF; }

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