#9FA9AF Hex Color

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Color Name

Cadet Gray*

Hex Color Code

#9FA9AF

RGB Color Code

RGB(159, 169, 175)

CMYK Values*

9.1%, 3.4%, 0.0%, 31.4%

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#9FA9AF hex color. RGB, RYB, CMYK, HSL, HSV codes and color conversions. Matching color names, palettes, paints.

What color is 9FA9AF?

The RGB color code for color number #9FA9AF is RGB(159, 169, 175). In the RGB color model, #9FA9AF has a red value of 159, a green value of 169, and a blue value of 175. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 9.1% cyan, 3.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 31.4% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 202.5° (degrees), 9.1 % saturation, and 65.5 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, #9FA9AF has a hue of 202.5° (degrees), 9.1 % saturation and 68.6 % brightness/value.

Color 9FA9AF is cool or warm?

Color 9FA9AF is a cool color.

What is the LRV of #9FA9AF? (For interior and product design)

9FA9AF has an LRV of nearly 39. By LRV value, it is a medium color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color

#9FA9AF

LRV 39

Light Color

Compare LRV 39 of #9FA9AF with dark and light color

Is #9FA9AF Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color 9FA9AF meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

HEX #9FA9AF color codes / color number / color space conversions - RGBA, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #9FA9AF

Hex triplet: #9FA9AF
Red: 9F
Green: A9
Blue: AF

RGBA / RGB rgb(159, 169, 175)

Red: 159 (62.4%)
Green: 169 (66.3%)
Blue: 175 (68.6%)
Alpha: 1 (100.0%)

CMYK

Cyan: 9.14%
Magenta: 3.43%
Yellow: 0.00%
Key: 31.37%

HSL hsl(202.5deg, 9.1 %, 65.5 %)

Hue: 202.5°
Saturation: 9.09 %
Lightness: 65.49 %

HSV / HSB

Hue: 202.5°
Saturation: 9.14 %
Brightness / Value: 68.63 %

RYB ryb(38, 65, 68)

Red: 38 (15.0%)
Yellow: 65 (25.7%)
Blue: 68 (26.8%)

HWB

Hue: 202.5°
Whiteness: 62.35 %
Blackness: 31.37 %

CMY

Cyan: 37.65%
Magenta: 33.73%
Yellow: 31.37%

XYZ

X: 36.22
Y: 38.84
Z: 46.15

YXY

Y1: 38.84
X: 0.3
Y2: 0.32

CIE-Lab

L: 68.64
A: -2.3
B: -4.3

CIE-Lch

L: 68.64
C: 4.88
H: 241.86

CIE-Luv

L: 68.64
U: -5.8
V: -6

Hunter-Lab

L: 62.32
A: -5.32
B: -0.27

Other

LRV: ~ 38.8 %
Munsell Color System: 1.2B 6.7/1

Color Names, Similar Colors and Paint

What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0

Identical – an exact match

ΔE under 1

Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them

ΔE 1 – 2

Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection

ΔE 2 – 10

Perceptible at a glance

ΔE over 10

Reads as a different color altogether

Color Name of HEX #9FA9AF

These are the named colors closest to hex 9FA9AF, closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#91A3B0 Color Cadet Gray

95.81% match | ΔE 4.19

#A6A6A6 Color Quick Silver

95.08% match | ΔE 4.92

#A9A9A9 Color Dark Gray

95.07% match | ΔE 4.93

#8BA8B7 Color Pewter Blue

93.56% match | ΔE 6.44

Similar colors from Pantone, RAL and other color matching system

RAL Design

RAL Design color similar/equivalent to 9FA9AF.

#A2ADB3 Color RAL 240 70 05 - Laundry Blue

98.82% match | ΔE 1.18

#A7AEB4 Color RAL 260 70 05 - Northern Light Grey

97.88% match | ΔE 2.12

#A0AEBC Color RAL 260 70 10 - Petrel Blue Grey

96.18% match | ΔE 3.82

#99AEBB Color RAL 250 70 10 - Foggy Blue

95.70% match | ΔE 4.30

Pantone PMS

Pantone PMS color similar/equivalent to 9FA9AF.

#98A4AE Color PANTONE 7543 C

97.58% match | ΔE 2.42

#A6A9AA Color PANTONE Silver 10077 C

96.50% match | ΔE 3.50

#AAADAE Color PANTONE 10105 C

96.21% match | ΔE 3.79

#9EA2A2 Color PANTONE 422 C

96.01% match | ΔE 3.99

Pantone TCX

Pantone TCX color similar/equivalent to 9FA9AF.

#98A0A5 Color PANTONE 15-4305 TCX - Quarry

97.27% match | ΔE 2.73

#A0A3A7 Color PANTONE 14-4205 TCX - Cathedral Spire

96.62% match | ΔE 3.38

#AEB2B5 Color PANTONE 15-4101 TCX - High-rise

96.07% match | ΔE 3.93

#9BABBB Color PANTONE 15-4008 TCX - Blue Fog

95.59% match | ΔE 4.41

RAL Classic

RAL Classic color similar/equivalent to 9FA9AF.

#989EA1 Color RAL 7040 - Window Gray

96.31% match | ΔE 3.69

#A1A1A0 Color RAL 9006 - White Aluminium

94.46% match | ΔE 5.54

#8C969D Color RAL 7001 - Silver Gray

94.11% match | ΔE 5.89

#9B9B9B Color RAL 7004 - Signal Gray

93.81% match | ΔE 6.19

British Standard 4800

British Standard 4800 color similar/equivalent to 9FA9AF.

#A3A3A3 Color BS 18-B-21 - Blue

94.92% match | ΔE 5.08

#A9A9A8 Color BS 10-A-03 - Sink Grey

94.79% match | ΔE 5.21

#A9BBC6 Color BS 20-C-35 - Blue

94.38% match | ΔE 5.62

#AEADB2 Color BS 22-B-21 - Kashmir

94.35% match | ΔE 5.65

Paint color for Hex #9FA9AF

These are the real paint colors closest to hex 9FA9AF from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from 9FA9AF once it is on a wall.

Dunn-Edwards

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Dunn-Edwards

#9DACB5 Color Irogon Blue (DEC 796)

97.89% match | ΔE 2.11

#A1A5A8 Color Baby Seal (DE 6361)

97.18% match | ΔE 2.82

#949EA2 Color Soft Pumice (DE 6326)

96.46% match | ΔE 3.54

#9CA0A6 Color Gray Wolf (DE 6354)

96.35% match | ΔE 3.65

Benjamin Moore

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Benjamin Moore

#9CA8B3 Color New Hope Gray (2130-50)

97.66% match | ΔE 2.34

#9EADB7 Color Little Falls (1621)

97.59% match | ΔE 2.41

#9CADB7 Color Winter Lake (2129-50)

97.15% match | ΔE 2.85

#AAAEB3 Color Pigeon Gray (2133-50)

96.80% match | ΔE 3.20

PPG Paints

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to PPG Paints

#A0AEB8 Color How Handsome (PPG1040-4)

97.60% match | ΔE 2.40

#A9AFB2 Color Gosling Gray (PPG0993-3)

97.27% match | ΔE 2.73

#939FA9 Color Quicksilver (PPG1041-5)

96.41% match | ΔE 3.59

#ADB0B4 Color Silver Charm (PPG1013-4)

96.10% match | ΔE 3.90

Sherwin Williams

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Sherwin Williams

#A8AEB1 Color Morning Fog (SW 6255)

97.46% match | ΔE 2.54

#A0A5A7 Color Network Gray (SW 7073)

97.28% match | ΔE 2.72

#979FA5 Color Let it Rain (SW 9152)

96.98% match | ΔE 3.02

#A9B0B1 Color Uncertain Gray (SW 6234)

96.68% match | ΔE 3.32

Valspar

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Valspar

#A1A8A9 Color Cloud Mountain (V115-2)

97.41% match | ΔE 2.59

#97A7B4 Color Wave Goodbye (V137-4)

96.60% match | ΔE 3.40

#A9ACAD Color Metropolis (4005-1C)

96.31% match | ΔE 3.69

#93A8B1 Color Shale Blue (8004-38D)

95.95% match | ΔE 4.05

Behr

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Behr

#A2A4A6 Color Power Gray (N530-4)

96.17% match | ΔE 3.83

#90A1AA Color French Colony (N480-4)

96.16% match | ΔE 3.84

#99ADBD Color Ombre Blue (S510-3)

95.23% match | ΔE 4.77

#A4A6A4 Color Chain Reaction (PPU25-16)

95.07% match | ΔE 4.93

Farrow & Ball

Hex color 9FA9AF similar/equivalent paint from Farrow & Ball. Conversion of hex #9FA9AF to Farrow & Ball

#98ACBA Color Kittiwake (307)

95.79% match | ΔE 4.21

#90A3A6 Color Sardine (CB8)

94.97% match | ΔE 5.03

#B0BEC6 Color Parma Gray (27)

94.16% match | ΔE 5.84

#9EA09D Color Manor House Gray (265)

94.14% match | ΔE 5.86

Color Combinations and Matching Colors

#9FA9AF color palettes and scheme combination

525D63

69777F

839098

9FA9AF

BBC2C6

D7DBDD

F2F4F5

Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

9FAFA5

9FAFAD

9FA9AF

9FA1AF

A59FAF

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

9FA9AF

AF9FA9

A9AF9F

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

9FA9AF

AD9FAF

AFA59F

A1AF9F

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

9FA9AF

A8B1B7

B2BABF

BBC2C7

C5CBCF

CFD4D7

D8DCDF

E2E5E7

EBEDEF

F5F6F7

FFFFFF

Cadet Gray* - #9FA9AF Tints

9FA9AF

8F989D

7F878C

6F767A

5F6569

4F5457

3F4345

2F3234

1F2123

0F1011

000000

Cadet Gray* - #9FA9AF Shades

Complementary / Opposite Color

#9FA9AF

Cadet Gray*

#AFA59F

Quick Silver*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of #9FA9AF?

Color that best contrast with #9FA9AF is #AFA59F, color name is Quick Silver*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.