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#A2A39F

#a2a39f ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a2a39f is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 63.92% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.61% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.45% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 75°, with 2.13% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #a09fa3

Split complementary

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #9fa0a3
  3. #a29fa3

Analogous

  1. #a3a29f
  2. #a2a39f
  3. #a0a39f

Triadic

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #9fa2a3
  3. #a39fa2

Tetradic

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #9fa3a0
  3. #a09fa3
  4. #a39fa2

Square

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #9fa3a2
  3. #a09fa3
  4. #a39fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #555653
  2. #7c7d78
  3. #a2a39f
  4. #c8c8c6
  5. #eeeeed

Shades

#a2a39f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #92938f
  3. #82827f
  4. #71726f
  5. #61625f
  6. #515250
  7. #414140
  8. #313130
  9. #202120
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2a39f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #abaca9
  3. #b5b5b2
  4. #bebfbc
  5. #c7c8c5
  6. #d1d1cf
  7. #dadad9
  8. #e3e3e2
  9. #ecedec
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2a39f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2a39f
  2. #9fa09c
  3. #9b9c99
  4. #989996
  5. #949593
  6. #919290
  7. #8e8e8c
  8. #8a8b89
  9. #878786
  10. #838483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2a3a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a29f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a39f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a39f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a39f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2a3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2a39f {
  color: #a2a39f;
}
Background
.bg-a2a39f {
  background-color: #a2a39f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2a39f {
  border: 2px solid #a2a39f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2a39f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 163 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 75 2% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2a39f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2a39f, #a0a39f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2a39f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 163 159 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.10 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.56 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.97 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.25 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.37 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.85 #5d5c60 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a2a39f  rgb(162, 163, 159)  hsl(75, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a09fa3  rgb(160, 159, 163)  hsl(255, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9fa2a3  rgb(159, 162, 163)  hsl(195, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a39fa2  rgb(163, 159, 162)  hsl(315, 2%, 63%)  Dark Gray