Information about #959A8D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#959A8D presents itself as a softly muted balanced grey tone — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Proton (#96988C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Friar Grey (#98958D) and Toe Beans (#95948C).
In RGB terms — rgb(149, 154, 141) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #959A8D: 7.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. #959A8D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#959A8D color variations
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#959A8D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#959A8D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#959A8D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#959A8D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#959A8D color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #959A8D color
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Nearest named colors to #959A8D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#96988C
#98958D
#95948C
#9A9991
#989692
#999A86
#99938C
#9D998F
#949594
#91A092
#9D968D
#999B95
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#959A8D
- RGB149, 154, 141
- CMYK2, 0, 5, 40
- CSSrgb(149, 154, 141)
- HSL83°, 6%, 58%
- HSL Precise83.077°, 6.047%, 57.843%
- HSV83°, 8%, 60%
- HSB83°, 8%, 60%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.553
- GLSLvec3(0.584, 0.604, 0.553)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.584, 0.604, 0.553, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.584, 0.604, 0.553)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.3%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID959A8D
- DECIMAL ID9804429
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
