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#A6A8A2

#a6a8a2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a8a2 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, 65.88% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.57% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 80°, with 3.33% saturation and 64.71% 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 8.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3872

Complementary

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a4a2a8

Split complementary

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a2a3a8
  3. #a7a2a8

Analogous

  1. #a8a7a2
  2. #a6a8a2
  3. #a3a8a2

Triadic

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a2a6a8
  3. #a8a2a6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a2a8a4
  3. #a4a2a8
  4. #a8a2a6

Square

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a2a8a7
  3. #a4a2a8
  4. #a8a2a3

Monochromatic

  1. #595b56
  2. #80837b
  3. #a6a8a2
  4. #cccdca
  5. #f2f2f1

Shades

#a6a8a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #959792
  3. #858682
  4. #747671
  5. #646561
  6. #535451
  7. #424341
  8. #323231
  9. #212220
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a8a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #afb1ab
  3. #b8b9b5
  4. #c1c2be
  5. #cacbc7
  6. #d3d4d1
  7. #dbdcda
  8. #e4e5e3
  9. #edeeec
  10. #f6f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a8a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a8a2
  2. #a2a49f
  3. #9ea09b
  4. #9b9c98
  5. #979894
  6. #939491
  7. #8f908e
  8. #8b8c8a
  9. #888887
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a7a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a7a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a7a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a7a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a8a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a7a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a8a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a8a2 {
  color: #a6a8a2;
}
Background
.bg-a6a8a2 {
  background-color: #a6a8a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a8a2 {
  border: 2px solid #a6a8a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a8a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 168 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 80 3% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a8a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a8a2, #a3a8a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a8a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 168 162 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.68 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.68 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.28 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.74 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.32 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.81 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 12.06 #59575d Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a8a2  rgb(166, 168, 162)  hsl(80, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a4a2a8  rgb(164, 162, 168)  hsl(260, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a2a6a8  rgb(162, 166, 168)  hsl(200, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a8a2a6  rgb(168, 162, 166)  hsl(320, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray