Information about Grey Chateau color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #9FA3A7 reads as a muted, almost neutral grey and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Cyanish Grey (#9CA8A8). Slightly further away sit Spun Pearl (#A2A1AC) and Hit Grey (#A1A9A8).
In RGB terms — rgb(159, 163, 167) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9FA3A7: 8.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Grey Chateau" in the Register.
Grey Chateau color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Grey Chateau color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Grey Chateau color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Grey Chateau color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Grey Chateau color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Grey Chateau 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Grey Chateau color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Grey Chateau
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#9CA8A8
#A2A1AC
#A1A9A8
#9EA0A1
#A6A6A6
#A0AAAB
#A69FA4
#9FA19E
#9CACA5
#9BA49E
#A9A5A5
#A6ABA5
Grey Chateau color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9FA3A7
- RGB159, 163, 167
- CMYK3, 2, 0, 35
- CSSrgb(159, 163, 167)
- HSL210°, 4%, 64%
- HSL Precise210°, 4.348%, 63.922%
- HSV210°, 5%, 65%
- HSB210°, 5%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.624
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.639
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.655
- GLSLvec3(0.624, 0.639, 0.655)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.624, 0.639, 0.655, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.624, 0.639, 0.655)
- Percentage of Red in RGB62.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB63.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB65.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9FA3A7
- DECIMAL ID10462119
- Name Length12
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- Counting from2025-01-01
