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#A6A09E

#a6a09e ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a09e 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, 62.75% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.61% magenta, 4.82% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 15°, with 4.3% saturation and 63.53% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.82.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3572

Complementary

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #9ea4a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #9ea6a4
  3. #9ea0a6

Analogous

  1. #a69ea0
  2. #a6a09e
  3. #a6a49e

Triadic

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #9ea6a0
  3. #a09ea6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #a4a69e
  3. #9ea4a6
  4. #a09ea6

Square

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #a0a69e
  3. #9ea4a6
  4. #a49ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #595452
  2. #817976
  3. #a6a09e
  4. #cbc7c6
  5. #efeeee

Shades

#a6a09e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #95908e
  3. #85807e
  4. #74706f
  5. #64605f
  6. #53504f
  7. #42403f
  8. #32302f
  9. #212020
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a09e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #afaaa8
  3. #b8b3b1
  4. #c1bdbb
  5. #cac6c5
  6. #d3d0cf
  7. #dbd9d8
  8. #e4e3e2
  9. #edecec
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a09e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a09e
  2. #a29d9b
  3. #9e9a98
  4. #9b9695
  5. #979392
  6. #93908f
  7. #8f8d8c
  8. #8b8a89
  9. #888686
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a19e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a29e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a89f9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a09e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4a19e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a09f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a09e {
  color: #a6a09e;
}
Background
.bg-a6a09e {
  background-color: #a6a09e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a09e {
  border: 2px solid #a6a09e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a09e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 160 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 15 4% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a09e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a09e, #a6a49e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a09e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 160 158 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.82 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.82 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.52 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.13 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.39 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.28 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.71 #595f61 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a09e  rgb(166, 160, 158)  hsl(15, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ea4a6  rgb(158, 164, 166)  hsl(195, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ea6a0  rgb(158, 166, 160)  hsl(135, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a09ea6  rgb(160, 158, 166)  hsl(255, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray