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#A7A4A3

#a7a4a3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a7a4a3 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 64.31% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.8% magenta, 2.4% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 15°, with 2.22% 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 8.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.03.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3741

Complementary

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a3a6a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a3a7a6
  3. #a3a4a7

Analogous

  1. #a7a3a4
  2. #a7a4a3
  3. #a7a6a3

Triadic

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a3a7a4
  3. #a4a3a7

Tetradic

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a6a7a3
  3. #a3a6a7
  4. #a4a3a7

Square

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a4a7a3
  3. #a3a6a7
  4. #a6a3a7

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5857
  2. #827d7c
  3. #a7a4a3
  4. #cccbca
  5. #f2f1f1

Shades

#a7a4a3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #969493
  3. #868382
  4. #757372
  5. #646262
  6. #545252
  7. #434241
  8. #323131
  9. #212121
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7a4a3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #b0adac
  3. #b9b6b5
  4. #c1bfbf
  5. #cac8c8
  6. #d3d2d1
  7. #dcdbda
  8. #e5e4e3
  9. #ededed
  10. #f6f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7a4a3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7a4a3
  2. #a3a0a0
  3. #9f9d9c
  4. #9b9999
  5. #979695
  6. #949292
  7. #908e8e
  8. #8c8b8b
  9. #888787
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a4a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a4a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a5a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8a4a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a4a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a4a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a4a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7a4a3 {
  color: #a7a4a3;
}
Background
.bg-a7a4a3 {
  background-color: #a7a4a3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7a4a3 {
  border: 2px solid #a7a4a3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7a4a3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 164 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 15 2% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7a4a3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7a4a3, #a7a6a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7a4a3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 164 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.03 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.03 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.75 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.09 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.41 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.95 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.95 #585b5c Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a7a4a3  rgb(167, 164, 163)  hsl(15, 2%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a3a6a7  rgb(163, 166, 167)  hsl(195, 2%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a3a7a4  rgb(163, 167, 164)  hsl(135, 2%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a4a3a7  rgb(164, 163, 167)  hsl(255, 2%, 65%)  Dark Gray