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#A6AAA1

#a6aaa1 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6aaa1 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, 66.67% green and 63.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.29% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 86.67°, with 5.03% saturation and 64.9% 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.47.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3943

Complementary

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a5a1aa

Split complementary

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a1a1aa
  3. #a9a1aa

Analogous

  1. #aaa9a1
  2. #a6aaa1
  3. #a1aaa1

Triadic

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a1a6aa
  3. #aaa1a6

Tetradic

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a1aaa5
  3. #a5a1aa
  4. #aaa1a6

Square

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a1aaa9
  3. #a5a1aa
  4. #aaa1a1

Monochromatic

  1. #595d55
  2. #808679
  3. #a6aaa1
  4. #cccec9
  5. #f2f3f1

Shades

#a6aaa1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #959991
  3. #858881
  4. #747771
  5. #646661
  6. #535551
  7. #424440
  8. #323330
  9. #212220
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6aaa1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #afb3aa
  3. #b8bbb4
  4. #c1c4bd
  5. #caccc7
  6. #d3d5d0
  7. #dbddd9
  8. #e4e6e3
  9. #edeeec
  10. #f6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6aaa1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6aaa1
  2. #a2a69e
  3. #9ea29a
  4. #9b9d97
  5. #979994
  6. #939591
  7. #8f918d
  8. #8b8d8a
  9. #888887
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a9a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aba9a1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba8a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a9a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a9a1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a9a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a9a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6aaa1 {
  color: #a6aaa1;
}
Background
.bg-a6aaa1 {
  background-color: #a6aaa1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6aaa1 {
  border: 2px solid #a6aaa1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6aaa1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 170 161;
  --color-primary-hsl: 87 5% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6aaa1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6aaa1, #a1aaa1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6aaa1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 170 161 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.47 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.47 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.12 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.44 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.19 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 12.37 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 12.37 #59555e Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6aaa1  rgb(166, 170, 161)  hsl(87, 5%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a5a1aa  rgb(165, 161, 170)  hsl(267, 5%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a1a6aa  rgb(161, 166, 170)  hsl(207, 5%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#aaa1a6  rgb(170, 161, 166)  hsl(327, 5%, 65%)  Dark Gray