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#A3AEBA

#a3aeba ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3aeba is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 68.24% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.37% cyan, 6.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 211.3°, with 14.29% saturation and 68.43% 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 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.67.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.416

Complementary

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #baafa3

Split complementary

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #baa3a3
  3. #babaa3

Analogous

  1. #a3baba
  2. #a3aeba
  3. #a3a3ba

Triadic

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #baa3ae
  3. #aebaa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #afa3ba
  3. #baafa3
  4. #aebaa3

Square

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #baa3ba
  3. #baafa3
  4. #a3baa3

Monochromatic

  1. #546170
  2. #778899
  3. #a3aeba
  4. #cfd4db
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#a3aeba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #939da7
  3. #828b95
  4. #727a82
  5. #626870
  6. #52575d
  7. #41464a
  8. #313438
  9. #212325
  10. #101113
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3aeba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #acb6c1
  3. #b5bec8
  4. #bfc6cf
  5. #c8ced6
  6. #d1d7dd
  7. #dadfe3
  8. #e3e7ea
  9. #edeff1
  10. #f6f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3aeba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #a0a9b4
  3. #9ca5ae
  4. #99a0a9
  5. #959ca3
  6. #92979d
  7. #8e9297
  8. #8b8e91
  9. #87898c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9adb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaaebb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7acba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eb1b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7aeba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5adba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0b0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3aeba {
  color: #a3aeba;
}
Background
.bg-a3aeba {
  background-color: #a3aeba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3aeba {
  border: 2px solid #a3aeba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3aeba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 174 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 14% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3aeba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3aeba, #a3a3ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3aeba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 174 186 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.67 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.72 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.01 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.42 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.24 #5c5145 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a3aeba  rgb(163, 174, 186)  hsl(211, 14%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#baafa3  rgb(186, 175, 163)  hsl(31, 14%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#baa3ae  rgb(186, 163, 174)  hsl(331, 14%, 68%)  Rose Quartz
#aebaa3  rgb(174, 186, 163)  hsl(91, 14%, 68%)  Ash Gray