Information about #9FA09D color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #9FA09D floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Transmission (#9FA19E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Mountain Mist (#A09F9C) and Kensington Grey (#9D9F9A).
In RGB terms — rgb(159, 160, 157) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. No one has named #9FA09D so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#9FA09D color variations
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#9FA09D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9FA09D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9FA09D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9FA09D color hues
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#9FA09D 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 #9FA09D color
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Nearest named colors to #9FA09D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FA19E
#A09F9C
#9D9F9A
#9EA0A1
#9F9B9D
#A3A49C
#9BA49E
#A0A197
#9A9C9E
#999C9D
#A19A98
#989C99
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9FA09D
- RGB159, 160, 157
- CMYK0, 0, 1, 37
- CSSrgb(159, 160, 157)
- HSL80°, 2%, 62%
- HSL Precise80°, 1.554%, 62.157%
- HSV80°, 2%, 63%
- HSB80°, 2%, 63%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.624
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.624, 0.627, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.624, 0.627, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.624, 0.627, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB62.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9FA09D
- DECIMAL ID10461341
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
