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#A0ACB8

#a0acb8 ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a0acb8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 67.45% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.04% cyan, 6.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 14.46% saturation and 67.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.8.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4044

Complementary

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #b8aca0

Split complementary

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #b8a0a0
  3. #b8b8a0

Analogous

  1. #a0b8b8
  2. #a0acb8
  3. #a0a0b8

Triadic

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #b8a0ac
  3. #acb8a0

Tetradic

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #aca0b8
  3. #b8aca0
  4. #acb8a0

Square

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #b8a0b8
  3. #b8aca0
  4. #a0b8a0

Monochromatic

  1. #525f6d
  2. #748697
  3. #a0acb8
  4. #ccd2d9
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#a0acb8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #909ba6
  3. #808a93
  4. #707881
  5. #60676e
  6. #50565c
  7. #40454a
  8. #303437
  9. #202225
  10. #101112
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0acb8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #aab4bf
  3. #b3bdc6
  4. #bdc5cd
  5. #c6cdd4
  6. #d0d6dc
  7. #d9dee3
  8. #e3e6ea
  9. #eceef1
  10. #f6f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0acb8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0acb8
  2. #9da8b2
  3. #9aa3ad
  4. #969fa7
  5. #939aa2
  6. #90969c
  7. #8d9296
  8. #8a8d91
  9. #86898b
  10. #838486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6abb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8acb9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a9b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aafb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5acb8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3aab8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9daeb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0acb8 {
  color: #a0acb8;
}
Background
.bg-a0acb8 {
  background-color: #a0acb8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0acb8 {
  border: 2px solid #a0acb8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0acb8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 172 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 14% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0acb8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0acb8, #a0a0b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0acb8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 172 184 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.80 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.17 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.21 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.13 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.62 #5f5347 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a0acb8  rgb(160, 172, 184)  hsl(210, 14%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#b8aca0  rgb(184, 172, 160)  hsl(30, 14%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#b8a0ac  rgb(184, 160, 172)  hsl(330, 14%, 67%)  Rose Quartz
#acb8a0  rgb(172, 184, 160)  hsl(90, 14%, 67%)  Ash Gray