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#A7A8AA

#a7a8aa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a7a8aa 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, 65.88% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.76% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 1.73% saturation and 66.08% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 1.17.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3912

Complementary

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #aaa9a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #aaa8a7
  3. #aaaaa7

Analogous

  1. #a7aaaa
  2. #a7a8aa
  3. #a8a7aa

Triadic

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #aaa7a8
  3. #a8aaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #a9a7aa
  3. #aaa9a7
  4. #a8aaa7

Square

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #aaa7aa
  3. #aaa9a7
  4. #a7aaa8

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5b5e
  2. #808284
  3. #a7a8aa
  4. #ceced0
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#a7a8aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #969799
  3. #868688
  4. #757677
  5. #646566
  6. #545455
  7. #434344
  8. #323233
  9. #212222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7a8aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #b0b1b3
  3. #b9b9bb
  4. #c1c2c4
  5. #cacbcc
  6. #d3d4d5
  7. #dcdcdd
  8. #e5e5e6
  9. #edeeee
  10. #f6f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7a8aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7a8aa
  2. #a3a4a6
  3. #9fa0a2
  4. #9b9c9d
  5. #979899
  6. #949495
  7. #909091
  8. #8c8c8d
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a8a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a8aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a8aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6a8a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a8aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a8aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a8a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7a8aa {
  color: #a7a8aa;
}
Background
.bg-a7a8aa {
  background-color: #a7a8aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7a8aa {
  border: 2px solid #a7a8aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7a8aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 168 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 2% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7a8aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7a8aa, #a8a7aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7a8aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 168 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 1.17 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 1.17 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.70 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.76 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.44 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.26 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.32 #585755 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a7a8aa  rgb(167, 168, 170)  hsl(220, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa9a7  rgb(170, 169, 167)  hsl(40, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa7a8  rgb(170, 167, 168)  hsl(340, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a8aaa7  rgb(168, 170, 167)  hsl(100, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray