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#A6A6AA

#a6a6aa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a6aa 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, 65.1% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.35% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 2.3% saturation and 65.88% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.38.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3828

Complementary

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #aaaaa6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #aaa8a6
  3. #a8aaa6

Analogous

  1. #a6a8aa
  2. #a6a6aa
  3. #a8a6aa

Triadic

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #aaa6a6
  3. #a6aaa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #aaa6aa
  3. #aaaaa6
  4. #a6aaa6

Square

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #aaa6a8
  3. #aaaaa6
  4. #a6aaa8

Monochromatic

  1. #59595e
  2. #7f7f85
  3. #a6a6aa
  4. #cdcdcf
  5. #f4f4f5

Shades

#a6a6aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #959599
  3. #858588
  4. #747477
  5. #646466
  6. #535355
  7. #424244
  8. #323233
  9. #212122
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a6aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #afafb3
  3. #b8b8bb
  4. #c1c1c4
  5. #cacacc
  6. #d3d3d5
  7. #dbdbdd
  8. #e4e4e6
  9. #ededee
  10. #f6f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a6aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a6aa
  2. #a2a2a6
  3. #9e9ea2
  4. #9b9b9d
  5. #979799
  6. #939395
  7. #8f8f91
  8. #8b8b8d
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a6a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a6aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a6aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5a7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a6aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a6aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a6a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a6aa {
  color: #a6a6aa;
}
Background
.bg-a6a6aa {
  background-color: #a6a6aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a6aa {
  border: 2px solid #a6a6aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a6aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 166 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 2% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a6aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a6aa, #a8a6aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a6aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 166 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.38 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.43 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.02 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.56 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.77 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.08 #595955 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a6aa  rgb(166, 166, 170)  hsl(240, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaaaa6  rgb(170, 170, 166)  hsl(60, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa6a6  rgb(170, 166, 166)  hsl(0, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a6aaa6  rgb(166, 170, 166)  hsl(120, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray