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#A39D9D

#a39d9d ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a39d9d is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 61.57% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.68% magenta, 3.68% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 3.16% saturation and 62.75% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.47.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3433

Complementary

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #9da3a3

Split complementary

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #9da3a0
  3. #9da0a3

Analogous

  1. #a39da0
  2. #a39d9d
  3. #a3a09d

Triadic

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #9da39d
  3. #9d9da3

Tetradic

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #a3a39d
  3. #9da3a3
  4. #9d9da3

Square

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #a0a39d
  3. #9da3a3
  4. #a09da3

Monochromatic

  1. #565151
  2. #7e7676
  3. #a39d9d
  4. #c8c4c4
  5. #edecec

Shades

#a39d9d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #938d8d
  3. #827e7e
  4. #726e6e
  5. #625e5e
  6. #524f4f
  7. #413f3f
  8. #312f2f
  9. #211f1f
  10. #101010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a39d9d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #aca7a7
  3. #b5b1b1
  4. #bfbaba
  5. #c8c4c4
  6. #d1cece
  7. #dad8d8
  8. #e3e2e2
  9. #edebeb
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a39d9d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a39d9d
  2. #a09a9a
  3. #9c9797
  4. #999494
  5. #959191
  6. #928f8f
  7. #8e8c8c
  8. #8b8989
  9. #878686
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09e9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9e9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9f9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a49d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09d9d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a19e9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a49d9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a39d9d {
  color: #a39d9d;
}
Background
.bg-a39d9d {
  background-color: #a39d9d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a39d9d {
  border: 2px solid #a39d9d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a39d9d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 157 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 3% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a39d9d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a39d9d, #a3a09d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a39d9d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 157 157 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.47 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.47 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.21 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.85 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.60 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.63 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.99 #5c6262 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a39d9d  rgb(163, 157, 157)  hsl(0, 3%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9da3a3  rgb(157, 163, 163)  hsl(180, 3%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9da39d  rgb(157, 163, 157)  hsl(120, 3%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9d9da3  rgb(157, 157, 163)  hsl(240, 3%, 63%)  Dark Gray