Information about #939393 color

#939393 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#939393 falls into the Greyscale Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(147, 147, 147) — 57.6% red, 57.6% green, 57.6% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A muted, almost neutral neutral grey, #939393 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 almost identical to White Metal (#949594). Slightly further away sit Amber Grey (#929698) and Vintage Gray (#989692).

Technically, #939393 is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 147, which is what makes it a true neutral. On this background, black text reaches a 6.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#939393 color variations

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

#939393 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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Dark Gray

#A9A9A9
#BEBEBE

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#D4D4D4

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#E9E9E9

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White

#FFFFFF

#939393 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#939393
#767676

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#585858

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#3B3B3B

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#1D1D1D

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Black

#000000

#939393 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#939393
#8F8F8F

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#8B8B8B

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#878787

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#838383

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#939393 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 #939393

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

White Metal color link
White Metal

#949594

Amber Grey color link
Amber Grey

#929698

Vintage Gray color link
Vintage Gray

#989692

Gannet Grey color link
Gannet Grey

#8E918F

Voltage color link
Voltage

#8D9094

Toe Beans color link
Toe Beans

#95948C

Half Friar Grey color link
Half Friar Grey

#98958D

Ash Pink color link
Ash Pink

#998E91

Spanish Gray color link
Spanish Gray

#989898

Allusive color link
Allusive

#8B9695

Proton color link
Proton

#96988C

Silver Fern color link
Silver Fern

#99938C

#939393 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#939393
  • RGB147, 147, 147
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 42
  • CSSrgb(147, 147, 147)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 58%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 57.647%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 58%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • GLSLvec3(0.576, 0.576, 0.576)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.576, 0.576, 0.576, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.576, 0.576, 0.576)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB57.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.6%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID939393
  • DECIMAL ID9671571
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers41 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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