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#9EADAA

Silver · light neutral

About #9EADAA

With the hex code #9EADAA, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 62% red, 68% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 32% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 10.1 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AD9EA1, a mushroom shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red158
Green173
Blue170

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 11.1

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #9EADAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #9EADAA.
2.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #9EADAA.
9.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9EADAA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9EADAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABABAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A8A9AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9AAEAC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9EADAA?

With the hex code #9EADAA, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 62% red, 68% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 32% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #9EADAA?

Use black text. Black on #9EADAA has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9EADAA?

Its complementary colour is #AD9EA1, and analogous partners are #9EADA3 and #9EA9AD.