What color is #9999AA?

#9999AA is a light, grayish blue known as Machinery. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Machinery?

The RGB value is 153, 153, 170: 153 red, 153 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Machinery?

The complementary color is #AAAA99, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9999AA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.49:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Machinery color: hex code #9999AA

#9999AA rgb(153, 153, 170)

Shades of gray

Machinery has the hex code #9999AA. It is a light, grayish blue.

In the RGB color model it is made of 60% red, 60% green and 66.7% blue (153, 153, 170).

Its hue angle is 240°, with 9% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 10% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 33% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.49:1).

Machinery (#9999AA) color codes

HEX	`#9999AA`
RGB	`rgb(153, 153, 170)`
RGB percent	`rgb(60%, 60%, 66.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(240, 9%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 10%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.72, 3.43, -8.85)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.72, 9.49, 291.19)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(31.782, 32.457, 42.613)`
Decimal	`10066346`
Short hex	`#99A`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Machinery, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #9999AA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.49:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#9999AA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.49:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #9999AA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9999aa; }
.text { color: #9999aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9999aa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(153 153 170 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9999aa, #a299aa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #9999AA on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #9999AA?: #9999AA is a light, grayish blue known as Machinery. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Machinery?: The RGB value is 153, 153, 170: 153 red, 153 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Machinery?: The complementary color is #AAAA99, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9999AA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.49:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.