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#A6A9AA

#a6a9aa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a9aa 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, 66.27% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.35% cyan, 0.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 195°, 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 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3939

Complementary

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #aaa7a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #aaa6a7
  3. #aaa9a6

Analogous

  1. #a6aaa9
  2. #a6a9aa
  3. #a6a7aa

Triadic

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #aaa6a9
  3. #a9aaa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #a7a6aa
  3. #aaa7a6
  4. #a9aaa6

Square

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #a9a6aa
  3. #aaa7a6
  4. #a7aaa6

Monochromatic

  1. #595d5e
  2. #7f8385
  3. #a6a9aa
  4. #cdcfcf
  5. #f4f5f5

Shades

#a6a9aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #959899
  3. #858788
  4. #747677
  5. #646566
  6. #535555
  7. #424444
  8. #323333
  9. #212222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a9aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #afb2b3
  3. #b8babb
  4. #c1c3c4
  5. #cacbcc
  6. #d3d4d5
  7. #dbdddd
  8. #e4e5e6
  9. #edeeee
  10. #f6f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a9aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a9aa
  2. #a2a5a6
  3. #9ea1a2
  4. #9b9d9d
  5. #979999
  6. #939595
  7. #8f9091
  8. #8b8c8d
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a9a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8a9aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a8aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5a9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a9aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a9aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5a9aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a9aa {
  color: #a6a9aa;
}
Background
.bg-a6a9aa {
  background-color: #a6a9aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a9aa {
  border: 2px solid #a6a9aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a9aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 169 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 2% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a9aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a9aa, #a6a7aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a9aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 169 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 1.53 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 1.53 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.63 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.66 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.48 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.22 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.22 #595655 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a9aa  rgb(166, 169, 170)  hsl(195, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa7a6  rgb(170, 167, 166)  hsl(15, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa6a9  rgb(170, 166, 169)  hsl(315, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9aaa6  rgb(169, 170, 166)  hsl(75, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray