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#A69D98

#a69d98 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69d98 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, 61.57% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.42% magenta, 8.43% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 21.43°, with 7.29% saturation and 62.35% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3449

Complementary

  1. #a69d98
  2. #98a1a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69d98
  2. #98a6a4
  3. #989aa6

Analogous

  1. #a6989a
  2. #a69d98
  3. #a6a498

Triadic

  1. #a69d98
  2. #98a69d
  3. #9d98a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69d98
  2. #a1a698
  3. #98a1a6
  4. #9d98a6

Square

  1. #a69d98
  2. #9aa698
  3. #98a1a6
  4. #a498a6

Monochromatic

  1. #59514c
  2. #827670
  3. #a69d98
  4. #c9c4c1
  5. #edebea

Shades

#a69d98 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69d98
  2. #958d89
  3. #857e7a
  4. #746e6a
  5. #645e5b
  6. #534f4c
  7. #423f3d
  8. #322f2e
  9. #211f1e
  10. #11100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69d98 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69d98
  2. #afa7a2
  3. #b8b1ad
  4. #c1bab7
  5. #cac4c1
  6. #d3cecc
  7. #dbd8d6
  8. #e4e2e0
  9. #edebea
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69d98 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69d98
  2. #a29a96
  3. #9e9793
  4. #9b9491
  5. #97918e
  6. #938f8c
  7. #8f8c8a
  8. #8b8987
  9. #888685
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29e9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9e98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19f98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99c9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29d98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39e98 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a89c9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69d98 {
  color: #a69d98;
}
Background
.bg-a69d98 {
  background-color: #a69d98;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69d98 {
  border: 2px solid #a69d98;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69d98;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 157 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 21 7% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69d98 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69d98, #a6a498);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69d98 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 157 152 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.59 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.59 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.59 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.35 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.06 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.48 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.41 #596267 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69d98  rgb(166, 157, 152)  hsl(21, 7%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#98a1a6  rgb(152, 161, 166)  hsl(201, 7%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#98a69d  rgb(152, 166, 157)  hsl(141, 7%, 62%)  Ash Gray
#9d98a6  rgb(157, 152, 166)  hsl(261, 7%, 62%)  Rose Quartz