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#A6A39E

#a6a39e ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a39e 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, 63.92% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.81% magenta, 4.82% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 37.5°, 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3677

Complementary

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #9ea1a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #9ea5a6
  3. #9f9ea6

Analogous

  1. #a69f9e
  2. #a6a39e
  3. #a5a69e

Triadic

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #9ea6a3
  3. #a39ea6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #a1a69e
  3. #9ea1a6
  4. #a39ea6

Square

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #9ea69f
  3. #9ea1a6
  4. #a69ea5

Monochromatic

  1. #595652
  2. #817d76
  3. #a6a39e
  4. #cbc9c6
  5. #efefee

Shades

#a6a39e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #95938e
  3. #85827e
  4. #74726f
  5. #64625f
  6. #53524f
  7. #42413f
  8. #32312f
  9. #212120
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a39e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #afaca8
  3. #b8b5b1
  4. #c1bfbb
  5. #cac8c5
  6. #d3d1cf
  7. #dbdad8
  8. #e4e3e2
  9. #ededec
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a39e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a39e
  2. #a2a09b
  3. #9e9c98
  4. #9b9995
  5. #979592
  6. #93928f
  7. #8f8e8c
  8. #8b8b89
  9. #888786
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a3a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a39e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a49e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8a2a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a39e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a39e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a39e {
  color: #a6a39e;
}
Background
.bg-a6a39e {
  background-color: #a6a39e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a39e {
  border: 2px solid #a6a39e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a39e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 163 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 4% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a39e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a39e, #a5a69e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a39e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 163 158 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.26 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.26 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.45 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.10 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.33 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.58 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.05 #595c61 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a39e  rgb(166, 163, 158)  hsl(38, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ea1a6  rgb(158, 161, 166)  hsl(218, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ea6a3  rgb(158, 166, 163)  hsl(158, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a39ea6  rgb(163, 158, 166)  hsl(278, 4%, 64%)  Dark Gray