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#A89FA4

#a89fa4 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a89fa4 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 62.35% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.36% magenta, 2.38% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 326.67°, with 4.92% saturation and 64.12% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.07.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.358

Complementary

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #9fa8a3

Split complementary

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #a0a89f
  3. #9fa8a8

Analogous

  1. #a89fa8
  2. #a89fa4
  3. #a89fa0

Triadic

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #a4a89f
  3. #9fa4a8

Tetradic

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #a8a39f
  3. #9fa8a3
  4. #9fa4a8

Square

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #a8a89f
  3. #9fa8a3
  4. #9fa0a8

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5357
  2. #83777e
  3. #a89fa4
  4. #ccc7ca
  5. #f1eff0

Shades

#a89fa4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #978f94
  3. #867f83
  4. #766f73
  5. #655f62
  6. #545052
  7. #434042
  8. #323031
  9. #222021
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89fa4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #b1a9ad
  3. #b9b2b6
  4. #c2bcbf
  5. #cbc5c8
  6. #d4cfd2
  7. #dcd9db
  8. #e5e2e4
  9. #eeeced
  10. #f6f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89fa4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89fa4
  2. #a49ca0
  3. #a0999d
  4. #9c9699
  5. #989396
  6. #949092
  7. #908c8e
  8. #8c898b
  9. #888687
  10. #848384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa1a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a2a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99fa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a0a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4a1a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a99fa2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89fa4 {
  color: #a89fa4;
}
Background
.bg-a89fa4 {
  background-color: #a89fa4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89fa4 {
  border: 2px solid #a89fa4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89fa4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 159 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 327 5% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89fa4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89fa4, #a89fa0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89fa4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 159 164 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.07 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.07 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.62 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.48 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.79 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.94 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.24 #57605b Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a89fa4  rgb(168, 159, 164)  hsl(327, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa8a3  rgb(159, 168, 163)  hsl(147, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#a4a89f  rgb(164, 168, 159)  hsl(87, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9fa4a8  rgb(159, 164, 168)  hsl(207, 5%, 64%)  Dark Gray