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#9AA18E

#9aa18e ≈ Ash Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9aa18e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 63.14% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.8% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 82.11°, with 9.18% saturation and 59.41% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ash Gray (#b2beb5), ΔE 9.35.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #958ea1

Split complementary

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #8e90a1
  3. #9e8ea1

Analogous

  1. #a19e8e
  2. #9aa18e
  3. #90a18e

Triadic

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #8e9aa1
  3. #a18e9a

Tetradic

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #8ea195
  3. #958ea1
  4. #a18e9a

Square

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #8ea19e
  3. #958ea1
  4. #a18e90

Monochromatic

  1. #4d5244
  2. #747c67
  3. #9aa18e
  4. #bfc4b8
  5. #e5e6e2

Shades

#9aa18e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #8b9180
  3. #7b8172
  4. #6c7163
  5. #5c6155
  6. #4d5147
  7. #3e4039
  8. #2e302b
  9. #1f201c
  10. #0f100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#9aa18e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #a4aa99
  3. #aeb4a5
  4. #b8bdb0
  5. #c2c7bb
  6. #cdd0c7
  7. #d7d9d2
  8. #e1e3dd
  9. #ebece8
  10. #f5f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9aa18e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9aa18e
  2. #979e8d
  3. #959a8b
  4. #92978a
  5. #909488
  6. #8d9187
  7. #8a8d86
  8. #888a84
  9. #858783
  10. #838381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9f98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49e8d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a29e8f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b9f9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09f8d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f9f8e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba096 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9aa18e {
  color: #9aa18e;
}
Background
.bg-9aa18e {
  background-color: #9aa18e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9aa18e {
  border: 2px solid #9aa18e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9aa18e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 161 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 82 9% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9aa18e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9aa18e, #90a18e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9aa18e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 161 142 / 0.35);
}

#b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.35 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.44 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.44 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.06 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.29 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 12.12 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.54 #655e71 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Ash Gray
#9aa18e  rgb(154, 161, 142)  hsl(82, 9%, 59%)  Ash Gray
#958ea1  rgb(149, 142, 161)  hsl(262, 9%, 59%)  Rose Quartz
#8e9aa1  rgb(142, 154, 161)  hsl(202, 9%, 59%)  Light Slate Gray
#a18e9a  rgb(161, 142, 154)  hsl(322, 9%, 59%)  Rose Quartz