Information about #9B9992 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#9B9992 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(155, 153, 146) — 60.8% red, 60% green, 57.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 4 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9B9992 reads as a softly muted neutral grey and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Archive Grey (#9A9991). Slightly further away sit Half Taupe Grey (#9D998F) and Delta (#999B95).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(155, 153, 146)), which gives #9B9992 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9B9992: 7.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#9B9992 color variations

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

#9B9992 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#9B9992 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#9B9992 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#9B9992 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#9B9992 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nearest named colors to #9B9992

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Archive Grey color link
Archive Grey

#9A9991

Half Taupe Grey color link
Half Taupe Grey

#9D998F

Delta color link
Delta

#999B95

Vintage Gray color link
Vintage Gray

#989692

Quarter Sandstone color link
Quarter Sandstone

#9D968D

Spanish Gray color link
Spanish Gray

#989898

Tonto color link
Tonto

#9F9596

Half Friar Grey color link
Half Friar Grey

#98958D

Iron color link
Iron

#A19D94

Proton color link
Proton

#96988C

Rockbottom color link
Rockbottom

#A29A8E

Half Stack color link
Half Stack

#989C99

#9B9992 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9B9992
  • RGB155, 153, 146
  • CMYK0, 1, 4, 39
  • CSSrgb(155, 153, 146)
  • HSL47°, 4%, 59%
  • HSL Precise46.667°, 4.306%, 59.02%
  • HSV47°, 6%, 61%
  • HSB47°, 6%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • GLSLvec3(0.608, 0.600, 0.573)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.608, 0.600, 0.573, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.608, 0.600, 0.573)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID9B9992
  • DECIMAL ID10197394
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers26 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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