Information about #9D9D9D color

#9D9D9D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #9D9D9D belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(157, 157, 157) (61.6% red, 61.6% green, 61.6% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 38 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A muted, almost neutral neutral grey, #9D9D9D floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Shady Lady (#9F9B9D). Nearby in the Register you will also find KOOL GREY (#9A9C9E) and Kensington Grey (#9D9F9A).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (157 each), placing #9D9D9D exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. If you plan to put text on a #9D9D9D background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.7:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#9D9D9D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#9D9D9D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#B1B1B1

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#C4C4C4

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Light Silver

#D8D8D8
#EBEBEB

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White

#FFFFFF

#9D9D9D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#9D9D9D
#7E7E7E

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#5E5E5E

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#3F3F3F

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#1F1F1F

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Black

#000000

#9D9D9D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#9D9D9D
#979797

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#919191

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#8B8B8B

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#858585

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#9D9D9D belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #9D9D9D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Shady Lady color link
Shady Lady

#9F9B9D

KOOL GREY color link
KOOL GREY

#9A9C9E

Kensington Grey color link
Kensington Grey

#9D9F9A

Mountain Mist color link
Mountain Mist

#A09F9C

Triple Surrender color link
Triple Surrender

#999C9D

Transmission color link
Transmission

#9FA19E

Silver Aluminium color link
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

Quarter Sidewinder color link
Quarter Sidewinder

#9C979B

Half Stack color link
Half Stack

#989C99

Triple Rakaia color link
Triple Rakaia

#A19A98

Dark Ash color link
Dark Ash

#9BA49E

Star Dust color link
Star Dust

#A0A197

#9D9D9D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9D9D9D
  • RGB157, 157, 157
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 38
  • CSSrgb(157, 157, 157)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 62%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 61.569%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 62%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • GLSLvec3(0.616, 0.616, 0.616)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.616, 0.616, 0.616, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.616, 0.616, 0.616)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB61.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9D9D9D
  • DECIMAL ID10329501
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers44 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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