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#A69FA0

#a69fa0 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a69fa0 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, 62.35% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.22% magenta, 3.61% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 351.43°, with 3.78% saturation and 63.73% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.51.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3544

Complementary

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #9fa6a5

Split complementary

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #9fa6a2
  3. #9fa4a6

Analogous

  1. #a69fa4
  2. #a69fa0
  3. #a6a29f

Triadic

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #a0a69f
  3. #9fa0a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #a6a59f
  3. #9fa6a5
  4. #9fa0a6

Square

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #a4a69f
  3. #9fa6a5
  4. #a29fa6

Monochromatic

  1. #595354
  2. #817879
  3. #a69fa0
  4. #cbc7c7
  5. #f0eeef

Shades

#a69fa0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #958f90
  3. #857f80
  4. #746f70
  5. #645f60
  6. #535050
  7. #424040
  8. #323030
  9. #212020
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69fa0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #afa9aa
  3. #b8b2b3
  4. #c1bcbd
  5. #cac5c6
  6. #d3cfd0
  7. #dbd9d9
  8. #e4e2e3
  9. #edecec
  10. #f6f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69fa0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69fa0
  2. #a29c9d
  3. #9e999a
  4. #9b9696
  5. #979393
  6. #939090
  7. #8f8c8d
  8. #8b898a
  9. #888686
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a0a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a0a0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a1a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a89f9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a0a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a0a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79fa0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69fa0 {
  color: #a69fa0;
}
Background
.bg-a69fa0 {
  background-color: #a69fa0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69fa0 {
  border: 2px solid #a69fa0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69fa0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 159 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 4% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69fa0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69fa0, #a6a29f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69fa0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 159 160 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.51 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.51 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.00 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.75 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.88 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.55 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.58 #59605f Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a69fa0  rgb(166, 159, 160)  hsl(351, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa6a5  rgb(159, 166, 165)  hsl(171, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a0a69f  rgb(160, 166, 159)  hsl(111, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa0a6  rgb(159, 160, 166)  hsl(231, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray