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#A0A39B

#a0a39b ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a0a39b 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, 63.92% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.91% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 82.5°, with 4.17% saturation and 62.35% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.27.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9e9ba3

Split complementary

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9b9ca3
  3. #a29ba3

Analogous

  1. #a3a29b
  2. #a0a39b
  3. #9ca39b

Triadic

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9ba0a3
  3. #a39ba0

Tetradic

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9ba39e
  3. #9e9ba3
  4. #a39ba0

Square

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9ba3a2
  3. #9e9ba3
  4. #a39b9c

Monochromatic

  1. #53564f
  2. #7a7e74
  3. #a0a39b
  4. #c6c8c3
  5. #ececeb

Shades

#a0a39b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #90938c
  3. #80827c
  4. #70726d
  5. #60625d
  6. #50524e
  7. #40413e
  8. #30312f
  9. #20211f
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0a39b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #aaaca5
  3. #b3b5af
  4. #bdbfb9
  5. #c6c8c3
  6. #d0d1cd
  7. #d9dad7
  8. #e3e3e1
  9. #ecedeb
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0a39b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0a39b
  2. #9da098
  3. #9a9c96
  4. #969993
  5. #939590
  6. #90928e
  7. #8d8e8b
  8. #8a8b88
  9. #868785
  10. #838483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a29f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a29b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a29b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1a2a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a29b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a29b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0a29e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0a39b {
  color: #a0a39b;
}
Background
.bg-a0a39b {
  background-color: #a0a39b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0a39b {
  border: 2px solid #a0a39b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0a39b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 163 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 83 4% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0a39b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0a39b, #9ca39b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0a39b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 163 155 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.27 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.27 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.11 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.70 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.63 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.77 #808080 Gray ΔE 12.37 #5f5c64 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a0a39b  rgb(160, 163, 155)  hsl(83, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9e9ba3  rgb(158, 155, 163)  hsl(263, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#9ba0a3  rgb(155, 160, 163)  hsl(203, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#a39ba0  rgb(163, 155, 160)  hsl(323, 4%, 62%)  Dark Gray