Information about Silver Aluminium color

#9EA0A1 - Silver Aluminium color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9EA0A1, known as "Silver Aluminium", falls into the Azure Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(158, 160, 161) — 62% red, 62.7% green, 63.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 1 / 0 / 0 / 37. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #9EA0A1 appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Transmission (#9FA19E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mountain Mist (#A09F9C) and Dark Ash (#9BA49E).

The recipe behind #9EA0A1 is rgb(158, 160, 161), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9EA0A1: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for white. The name "Silver Aluminium" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Silver Aluminium color variations

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

Silver Aluminium color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1
#B2B4B5

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#C5C6C7

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#D8D9DA

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#EBECEC

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White

#FFFFFF

Silver Aluminium color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1
#7D8183

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#5E6162

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#3E4041

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#1F2020

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Black

#000000

Silver Aluminium color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1
#989A9B

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#929394

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#8B8D8D

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#858686

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Grey

#808080

Silver Aluminium color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A09EA2

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#9F9EA2

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#9E9FA2

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Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1
#9EA2A2

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#9EA2A0

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#9EA29F

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Silver Aluminium 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.

Complementary color schemes
#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#A3A09F
#A3A09F

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#A3A29F
#A3A29F

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#A39F9F
#A39F9F

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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.

Analogous color scheme
#9F9FA3
#9F9FA3

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#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#9FA3A2
#9FA3A2

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#A39FA1
#A39FA1

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#A1A39F
#A1A39F

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#A09FA3
#A09FA3

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#A3A09F
#A3A09F

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#A1A39F
#A1A39F

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
#9EA0A1
Silver Aluminium

#9EA0A1

#A29FA3
#A29FA3

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#A3A09F
#A3A09F

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#9FA39F
#9FA39F

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Nearest named colors to Silver Aluminium

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

Transmission color link
Transmission

#9FA19E

Mountain Mist color link
Mountain Mist

#A09F9C

Dark Ash color link
Dark Ash

#9BA49E

KOOL GREY color link
KOOL GREY

#9A9C9E

Shady Lady color link
Shady Lady

#9F9B9D

Grey Chateau color link
Grey Chateau

#9FA3A7

Kensington Grey color link
Kensington Grey

#9D9F9A

Triple Surrender color link
Triple Surrender

#999C9D

Quarter Tapa color link
Quarter Tapa

#A3A49C

stung color link
stung

#A69FA4

Star Dust color link
Star Dust

#A0A197

Robins Egg Blue color link
Robins Egg Blue

#9EAA9E

Silver Aluminium color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9EA0A1
  • RGB158, 160, 161
  • CMYK1, 0, 0, 37
  • CSSrgb(158, 160, 161)
  • HSL200°, 2%, 63%
  • HSL Precise200°, 1.571%, 62.549%
  • HSV200°, 2%, 63%
  • HSB200°, 2%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • GLSLvec3(0.620, 0.627, 0.631)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.620, 0.627, 0.631, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.620, 0.627, 0.631)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB63.1%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9EA0A1
  • DECIMAL ID10395809
  • Name Length16
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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