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#969CA2 — Silver Grey

#969CA2 is a gray color we call Silver Grey, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the gray family.

#969CA2 is a neutral gray color associated with neutrality and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A29C96; it also sits naturally between #96A2A2 and #9696A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#969CA2 · RGB 150, 156, 162

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Color values

HEX#969CA2
RGB150, 156, 162
HSL210°, 6%, 61%
HSV210°, 7%, 64%
CMYK7%, 4%, 0%, 36%
XYZ30.99, 32.87, 38.89
Yxy32.87, 0.3016, 0.3199
CIE-Lab64.06, -0.94, -3.88
Hunter Lab57.33, -0.80, -3.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 59% · Green 61% · Blue 64%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 0% · Key 36%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #969CA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #969CA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #969CA2

.text { color: #969CA2; }
.background { background-color: #969CA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #969CA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(150, 156, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(210, 6%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #969CA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(150, 156, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #969CA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(150, 156, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#969CA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#969CA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #969CA2

#858C93#788087#697077#5B6167#4F5459#414549#323639#242629#181A1B#0A0A0B

Tints of #969CA2

#A0A6AB#A9ADB2#B3B8BC#BBBFC3#C6C9CD#CED1D4#D9DBDD#E1E3E5#ECEDEE#F4F5F5

Tones of #969CA2

#979CA1#989CA0#999C9F#999C9F#9A9C9E#9B9C9D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A29C96:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.77:1 Fails
Against black text7.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #969CA2: #000000.

How #969CA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9999A1Deuteranopia · #9898A0Tritanopia · #969F9F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Blue Grey 500 · #607D8BTailwind slate 500 · #64748B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #969CA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 79b4b7
#79B4B7 · #FEFBF3 · #F8F0DF · #9D9D9D
Palette Ffc6ac
#FFC6AC · #FFF6DC · #C4C1A4 · #9E9FA5
Palette F7f7f7
#F7F7F7 · #EEEEEE · #393E46 · #929AAB
Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Palette 316b83
#316B83 · #6D8299 · #8CA1A5 · #D5BFBF
Palette Ddf796
#DDF796 · #F3FE7E · #979797 · #757575

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#9D9D9D#9E9FA5#929AAB#8EA3A6#8CA1A5#979797#99A799#8D93AB#9692AF#9CADA4#889EAF#9A8C98

Browse neighbouring colors

← #969CA1  ·  #969CA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #969CA2?

#969CA2 is Silver Grey, a gray color (RGB 150, 156, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #969CA2?

#969CA2 is RGB 150, 156, 162 — HSL 210°, 6%, 61% — CMYK 7%, 4%, 0%, 36%.

What colors go with #969CA2?

Its complement is #A29C96; analogous partners are #96A2A2 and #9696A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #969CA2 for text?

Black text on #969CA2 has a contrast ratio of 7.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.77:1.