Information about #929292 color

#929292 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #929292 is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(146, 146, 146) — 57.3% red, 57.3% green, 57.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 43. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A muted, almost neutral neutral grey, #929292 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from White Metal (#949594). Slightly further away sit Gannet Grey (#8E918F) and Voltage (#8D9094).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (146 each), placing #929292 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. On this background, black text reaches a 6.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#929292 color variations

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

#929292 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#A7A7A7

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#BDBDBD

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Light Gray

#D3D3D3
#E9E9E9

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White

#FFFFFF

#929292 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#929292
#747474

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#575757

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#3A3A3A

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#1D1D1D

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Black

#000000

#929292 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#929292
#8D8D8D

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#8A8A8A

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#868686

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#838383

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#929292 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 #929292

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

White Metal color link
White Metal

#949594

Gannet Grey color link
Gannet Grey

#8E918F

Voltage color link
Voltage

#8D9094

Toe Beans color link
Toe Beans

#95948C

Amber Grey color link
Amber Grey

#929698

Vintage Gray color link
Vintage Gray

#989692

Ash Pink color link
Ash Pink

#998E91

Half Friar Grey color link
Half Friar Grey

#98958D

Avatar color link
Avatar

#8B8F8E

Allusive color link
Allusive

#8B9695

Fashion Gray color link
Fashion Gray

#8E8D8C

Silver Fern color link
Silver Fern

#99938C

#929292 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#929292
  • RGB146, 146, 146
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 43
  • CSSrgb(146, 146, 146)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 57%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 57.255%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 57%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 57%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • GLSLvec3(0.573, 0.573, 0.573)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.573, 0.573, 0.573, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.573, 0.573, 0.573)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB57.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.3%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID929292
  • DECIMAL ID9605778
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers35 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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