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#A3A69F

#a3a69f ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a3a69f 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, 65.1% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.22% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 85.71°, with 3.78% saturation and 63.73% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3756

Complementary

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #a29fa6

Split complementary

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #9fa0a6
  3. #a69fa6

Analogous

  1. #a6a69f
  2. #a3a69f
  3. #a0a69f

Triadic

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #9fa3a6
  3. #a69fa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #9fa6a2
  3. #a29fa6
  4. #a69fa3

Square

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #9fa6a6
  3. #a29fa6
  4. #a69fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #565953
  2. #7d8178
  3. #a3a69f
  4. #c9cbc7
  5. #eff0ee

Shades

#a3a69f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #93958f
  3. #82857f
  4. #72746f
  5. #62645f
  6. #525350
  7. #414240
  8. #313230
  9. #212120
  10. #101110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3a69f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #acafa9
  3. #b5b8b2
  4. #bfc1bc
  5. #c8cac5
  6. #d1d3cf
  7. #dadbd9
  8. #e3e4e2
  9. #ededec
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3a69f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3a69f
  2. #a0a29c
  3. #9c9e99
  4. #999b96
  5. #959793
  6. #929390
  7. #8e8f8c
  8. #8b8b89
  9. #878886
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a5a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a59f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a59f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3a5a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a59f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a59f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a6a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3a69f {
  color: #a3a69f;
}
Background
.bg-a3a69f {
  background-color: #a3a69f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3a69f {
  border: 2px solid #a3a69f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3a69f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 166 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 4% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3a69f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3a69f, #a0a69f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3a69f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 166 159 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.53 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.53 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.40 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.68 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.25 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.35 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 12.80 #5c5960 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a3a69f  rgb(163, 166, 159)  hsl(86, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a29fa6  rgb(162, 159, 166)  hsl(266, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa3a6  rgb(159, 163, 166)  hsl(206, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a69fa3  rgb(166, 159, 163)  hsl(326, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray