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#A0A7AE

#a0a7ae ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a0a7ae 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, 65.49% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.05% cyan, 4.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 7.95% saturation and 65.49% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3817

Complementary

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #aea7a0

Split complementary

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #aea0a0
  3. #aeaea0

Analogous

  1. #a0aeae
  2. #a0a7ae
  3. #a0a0ae

Triadic

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #aea0a7
  3. #a7aea0

Tetradic

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #a7a0ae
  3. #aea7a0
  4. #a7aea0

Square

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #aea0ae
  3. #aea7a0
  4. #a0aea0

Monochromatic

  1. #535a62
  2. #77818b
  3. #a0a7ae
  4. #c9cdd1
  5. #f3f3f4

Shades

#a0a7ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #90969d
  3. #80868b
  4. #70757a
  5. #606468
  6. #505457
  7. #404346
  8. #303234
  9. #202123
  10. #101111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0a7ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #aab0b6
  3. #b3b9be
  4. #bdc1c6
  5. #c6cace
  6. #d0d3d7
  7. #d9dcdf
  8. #e3e5e7
  9. #ecedef
  10. #f6f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0a7ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0a7ae
  2. #9da3a9
  3. #9a9fa5
  4. #969ba0
  5. #93979c
  6. #909497
  7. #8d9092
  8. #8a8c8e
  9. #868889
  10. #838485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a6a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a7ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a5ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9da9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a7ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a6ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ea8ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0a7ae {
  color: #a0a7ae;
}
Background
.bg-a0a7ae {
  background-color: #a0a7ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0a7ae {
  border: 2px solid #a0a7ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0a7ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 167 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 8% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0a7ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0a7ae, #a0a0ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0a7ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 167 174 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.37 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.37 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.33 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.68 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.77 #5f5851 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a0a7ae  rgb(160, 167, 174)  hsl(210, 8%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#aea7a0  rgb(174, 167, 160)  hsl(30, 8%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#aea0a7  rgb(174, 160, 167)  hsl(330, 8%, 65%)  Rose Quartz
#a7aea0  rgb(167, 174, 160)  hsl(90, 8%, 65%)  Ash Gray