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#A69A9A

#a69a9a ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69a9a is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 60.39% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.23% magenta, 7.23% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 6.32% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.95.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3355

Complementary

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #9aa6a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #9aa6a0
  3. #9aa0a6

Analogous

  1. #a69aa0
  2. #a69a9a
  3. #a6a09a

Triadic

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #9aa69a
  3. #9a9aa6

Tetradic

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #a6a69a
  3. #9aa6a6
  4. #9a9aa6

Square

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #a0a69a
  3. #9aa6a6
  4. #a09aa6

Monochromatic

  1. #594e4e
  2. #817272
  3. #a69a9a
  4. #cac3c3
  5. #eeebeb

Shades

#a69a9a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #958b8b
  3. #857b7b
  4. #746c6c
  5. #645c5c
  6. #534d4d
  7. #423e3e
  8. #322e2e
  9. #211f1f
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69a9a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #afa4a4
  3. #b8aeae
  4. #c1b8b8
  5. #cac2c2
  6. #d3cdcd
  7. #dbd7d7
  8. #e4e1e1
  9. #edebeb
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69a9a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69a9a
  2. #a29797
  3. #9e9595
  4. #9b9292
  5. #979090
  6. #938d8d
  7. #8f8a8a
  8. #8b8888
  9. #888585
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09c9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9b9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9d9a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9999a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09b9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a29c9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8999a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69a9a {
  color: #a69a9a;
}
Background
.bg-a69a9a {
  background-color: #a69a9a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69a9a {
  border: 2px solid #a69a9a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69a9a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 154 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 6% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69a9a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69a9a, #a6a09a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69a9a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 154 154 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.95 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.95 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.53 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.01 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.11 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.58 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.61 #596565 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69a9a  rgb(166, 154, 154)  hsl(0, 6%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9aa6a6  rgb(154, 166, 166)  hsl(180, 6%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9aa69a  rgb(154, 166, 154)  hsl(120, 6%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#9a9aa6  rgb(154, 154, 166)  hsl(240, 6%, 63%)  Cool Gray