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#A69E9D

#a69e9d ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69e9d 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, 61.96% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.82% magenta, 5.42% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 6.67°, with 4.81% saturation and 63.33% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.35

Complementary

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #9da5a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #9da6a2
  3. #9da0a6

Analogous

  1. #a69da0
  2. #a69e9d
  3. #a6a29d

Triadic

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #9da69e
  3. #9e9da6

Tetradic

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #a5a69d
  3. #9da5a6
  4. #9e9da6

Square

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #a0a69d
  3. #9da5a6
  4. #a29da6

Monochromatic

  1. #595251
  2. #817775
  3. #a69e9d
  4. #cac6c5
  5. #efeded

Shades

#a69e9d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #958e8d
  3. #857e7e
  4. #746f6e
  5. #645f5e
  6. #534f4f
  7. #423f3f
  8. #322f2f
  9. #21201f
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69e9d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #afa8a7
  3. #b8b1b1
  4. #c1bbba
  5. #cac5c4
  6. #d3cfce
  7. #dbd8d8
  8. #e4e2e2
  9. #edeceb
  10. #f6f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69e9d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69e9d
  2. #a29b9a
  3. #9e9897
  4. #9b9594
  5. #979291
  6. #938f8f
  7. #8f8c8c
  8. #8b8989
  9. #888686
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29f9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9f9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a09d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a89d9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29f9d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39f9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79e9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69e9d {
  color: #a69e9d;
}
Background
.bg-a69e9d {
  background-color: #a69e9d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69e9d {
  border: 2px solid #a69e9d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69e9d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 158 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 5% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69e9d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69e9d, #a6a29d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69e9d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 158 157 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.85 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.85 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.96 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.75 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.56 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.90 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.30 #596162 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69e9d  rgb(166, 158, 157)  hsl(7, 5%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9da5a6  rgb(157, 165, 166)  hsl(187, 5%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9da69e  rgb(157, 166, 158)  hsl(127, 5%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#9e9da6  rgb(158, 157, 166)  hsl(247, 5%, 63%)  Dark Gray