What color is #959A93?

#959A93 is a gray, closest to the named color Gateway Gray. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #959A93?

The RGB value is 149, 154, 147: 149 red, 154 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #959A93?

The complementary color is #98939A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #959A93?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.32:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#959A93 color

#959A93 rgb(149, 154, 147)

Shades of gray

The hex color #959A93 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58.4% red, 60.4% green and 57.6% blue (149, 154, 147).

Its hue angle is 103°, with 3% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Gateway Gray (#A0A09C), a difference of 3.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.32:1).

#959A93 color codes

HEX	`#959A93`
RGB	`rgb(149, 154, 147)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58.4%, 60.4%, 57.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(103, 3%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(103, 5%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(3%, 0%, 5%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.02, -3.15, 3.04)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.02, 4.38, 136)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.216, 31.607, 32.16)`
Decimal	`9804435`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #959A93, 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 #959A93	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.32:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#959A93 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.32:1	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 #959A93 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #959a93; }
.text { color: #959a93; }
.border { border: 2px solid #959a93; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(149 154 147 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #959a93, #939a94); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #959A93?: #959A93 is a gray, closest to the named color Gateway Gray. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #959A93?: The RGB value is 149, 154, 147: 149 red, 154 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #959A93?: The complementary color is #98939A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #959A93?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.32:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.