All About Color Tower Gray

#A9BDBF

A soft, muted blue-grey, like the color of weathered stone.

About Tower Gray

Tower Gray is a light cyan color with the hex code #A9BDBF. In RGB it is red 169, green 189, blue 191; in HSL it is hue 185°, saturation 15%, lightness 71%; in CMYK it is 12%, 1%, 0%, 25%. Its contrast ratio is 1.96:1 on white and 10.72:1 on black.

#A9BDBF Color Conversion

Hex tripletA9, BD, BF
CMYK11.52%, 1.05%, 0.00%, 25.10%
RGB Decimal169, 189, 191
HSL185°, 15%, 71%
RGB Octal251, 275, 277
HSV (HSB)185.45°, 11.52%, 74.90%
RGB Binary10101001, 10111101, 10111111
CIE-L*AB75.20, -6.41, -3.34
RGB Percent66.27%, 74.12%, 74.90%
CIE-L*CH75.20, 7.22, 207.54
XYZ43.96, 48.59, 56.35
CIE-L*UV75.20, -10.88, -3.93
xyY0.30, 0.33, 48.59
Hunter-Lab69.71, -9.41, 0.87
RYB66.27%, 70.38%, 74.90%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A9BDBF on a dark background: contrast 10.72:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A9BDBF on a light background: contrast 1.96:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Tower Gray, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Tower Gray. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#A9BDBF · #DFE6E7 · #759699 · #C0ACAA · #E7DFDF

Analogous palette

#AAC0AC · #AAC0B7 · #A9BDBF · #AAB3C0 · #ACAAC0

Triadic palette

#A9BDBF · #C0AABE · #BEC0AA · #DFE6E7 · #E7DFE6

Tetradic palette

#A9BDBF · #B7AAC0 · #C0ACAA · #B3C0AA · #759699

Monochromatic palette

#597678 · #7E9DA0 · #A9BDBF · #D6E0E1 · #F0F4F4

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