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#A7AAA3

#a7aaa3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a7aaa3 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, 66.67% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.12% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 85.71°, with 3.95% saturation and 65.29% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3961

Complementary

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a6a3aa

Split complementary

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a3a3aa
  3. #a9a3aa

Analogous

  1. #aaa9a3
  2. #a7aaa3
  3. #a3aaa3

Triadic

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a3a7aa
  3. #aaa3a7

Tetradic

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a3aaa6
  3. #a6a3aa
  4. #aaa3a7

Square

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a3aaa9
  3. #a6a3aa
  4. #aaa3a3

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5e56
  2. #81857b
  3. #a7aaa3
  4. #cdcfcb
  5. #f3f3f3

Shades

#a7aaa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #969993
  3. #868882
  4. #757772
  5. #646662
  6. #545552
  7. #434441
  8. #323331
  9. #212221
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7aaa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #b0b3ac
  3. #b9bbb5
  4. #c1c4bf
  5. #caccc8
  6. #d3d5d1
  7. #dcddda
  8. #e5e6e3
  9. #edeeed
  10. #f6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7aaa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7aaa3
  2. #a3a6a0
  3. #9fa29c
  4. #9b9d99
  5. #979995
  6. #949592
  7. #90918e
  8. #8c8d8b
  9. #888887
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a9a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aba9a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa9a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a9a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a9a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a9a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7aaa6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7aaa3 {
  color: #a7aaa3;
}
Background
.bg-a7aaa3 {
  background-color: #a7aaa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7aaa3 {
  border: 2px solid #a7aaa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7aaa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 170 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 4% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7aaa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7aaa3, #a3aaa3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7aaa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 170 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.34 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.34 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.46 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.67 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.59 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.82 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.82 #58555c Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a7aaa3  rgb(167, 170, 163)  hsl(86, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a6a3aa  rgb(166, 163, 170)  hsl(266, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a3a7aa  rgb(163, 167, 170)  hsl(206, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#aaa3a7  rgb(170, 163, 167)  hsl(326, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray