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#A09D9E

#a09d9e ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a09d9e is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 61.57% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.87% magenta, 1.25% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 340°, with 1.55% saturation and 62.16% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3406

Complementary

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #9da09f

Split complementary

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #9da09e
  3. #9da0a0

Analogous

  1. #a09da0
  2. #a09d9e
  3. #a09e9d

Triadic

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #9ea09d
  3. #9d9ea0

Tetradic

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #a09f9d
  3. #9da09f
  4. #9d9ea0

Square

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #a0a09d
  3. #9da09f
  4. #9e9da0

Monochromatic

  1. #535152
  2. #7a7678
  3. #a09d9e
  4. #c6c4c4
  5. #ebebeb

Shades

#a09d9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #908d8e
  3. #807e7e
  4. #706e6f
  5. #605e5f
  6. #504f4f
  7. #403f3f
  8. #302f2f
  9. #201f20
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a09d9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #aaa7a8
  3. #b3b1b1
  4. #bdbabb
  5. #c6c4c5
  6. #d0cecf
  7. #d9d8d8
  8. #e3e2e2
  9. #ecebec
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a09d9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a09d9e
  2. #9d9a9b
  3. #9a9798
  4. #969495
  5. #939192
  6. #908f8f
  7. #8d8c8c
  8. #8a8989
  9. #868686
  10. #838383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f9d9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9d9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9e9e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a19d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9d9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f9e9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a09d9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a09d9e {
  color: #a09d9e;
}
Background
.bg-a09d9e {
  background-color: #a09d9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a09d9e {
  border: 2px solid #a09d9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a09d9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 157 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 340 2% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a09d9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a09d9e, #a09e9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a09d9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 157 158 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.85 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.85 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.12 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.13 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.84 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.03 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.13 #5f6261 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a09d9e  rgb(160, 157, 158)  hsl(340, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9da09f  rgb(157, 160, 159)  hsl(160, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9ea09d  rgb(158, 160, 157)  hsl(100, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9d9ea0  rgb(157, 158, 160)  hsl(220, 2%, 62%)  Dark Gray