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#A69E94

#a69e94 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69e94 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 61.96% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.82% magenta, 10.84% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 33.33°, with 9.18% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.347

Complementary

  1. #a69e94
  2. #949ca6

Split complementary

  1. #a69e94
  2. #94a5a6
  3. #9594a6

Analogous

  1. #a69594
  2. #a69e94
  3. #a5a694

Triadic

  1. #a69e94
  2. #94a69e
  3. #9e94a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69e94
  2. #9ca694
  3. #949ca6
  4. #9e94a6

Square

  1. #a69e94
  2. #94a695
  3. #949ca6
  4. #a694a5

Monochromatic

  1. #585149
  2. #82786c
  3. #a69e94
  4. #c9c4be
  5. #ebeae8

Shades

#a69e94 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69e94
  2. #958e85
  3. #857e76
  4. #746f68
  5. #645f59
  6. #534f4a
  7. #423f3b
  8. #322f2c
  9. #21201e
  10. #11100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69e94 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69e94
  2. #afa89f
  3. #b8b1a9
  4. #c1bbb4
  5. #cac5bf
  6. #d3cfca
  7. #dbd8d4
  8. #e4e2df
  9. #edecea
  10. #f6f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69e94 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69e94
  2. #a29b92
  3. #9e9890
  4. #9b958e
  5. #97928c
  6. #938f8a
  7. #8f8c88
  8. #8b8986
  9. #888684
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29f9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19e93 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a094 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa9c9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a39e94 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a49f94 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a89d98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69e94 {
  color: #a69e94;
}
Background
.bg-a69e94 {
  background-color: #a69e94;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69e94 {
  border: 2px solid #a69e94;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69e94;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 158 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 9% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69e94 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69e94, #a5a694);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69e94 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 158 148 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.39 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.39 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.37 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.55 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.85 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.09 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.98 #59616b Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69e94  rgb(166, 158, 148)  hsl(33, 9%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#949ca6  rgb(148, 156, 166)  hsl(213, 9%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#94a69e  rgb(148, 166, 158)  hsl(153, 9%, 62%)  Ash Gray
#9e94a6  rgb(158, 148, 166)  hsl(273, 9%, 62%)  Rose Quartz