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#A3ACAA

#a3acaa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a3acaa 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, 67.45% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.23% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.16% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 166.67°, with 5.14% saturation and 65.69% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #aca3a5

Split complementary

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #aca3aa
  3. #aca6a3

Analogous

  1. #a3aca6
  2. #a3acaa
  3. #a3aaac

Triadic

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #aaa3ac
  3. #acaaa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #a3a5ac
  3. #aca3a5
  4. #acaaa3

Square

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #a6a3ac
  3. #aca3a5
  4. #aaaca3

Monochromatic

  1. #56605e
  2. #7b8885
  3. #a3acaa
  4. #cbd0cf
  5. #f3f5f4

Shades

#a3acaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #939b99
  3. #828a88
  4. #727877
  5. #626766
  6. #525655
  7. #414544
  8. #313433
  9. #212222
  10. #101111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3acaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #acb4b3
  3. #b5bdbb
  4. #bfc5c4
  5. #c8cdcc
  6. #d1d6d5
  7. #dadedd
  8. #e3e6e6
  9. #edeeee
  10. #f6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3acaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3acaa
  2. #a0a8a6
  3. #9ca3a2
  4. #999f9d
  5. #959a99
  6. #929695
  7. #8e9291
  8. #8b8d8d
  9. #878988
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7abaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ababaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a9aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1acab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8abaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aaaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2acab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3acaa {
  color: #a3acaa;
}
Background
.bg-a3acaa {
  background-color: #a3acaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3acaa {
  border: 2px solid #a3acaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3acaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 172 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 167 5% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3acaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3acaa, #a3aaac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3acaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 172 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.76 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 5.97 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.66 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.81 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.15 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.68 #5c5355 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a3acaa  rgb(163, 172, 170)  hsl(167, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aca3a5  rgb(172, 163, 165)  hsl(347, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa3ac  rgb(170, 163, 172)  hsl(287, 5%, 66%)  Rose Quartz
#acaaa3  rgb(172, 170, 163)  hsl(47, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray