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#A8A699

#a8a699 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8a699 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, 65.1% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.19% magenta, 8.93% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 52°, with 7.94% saturation and 62.94% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.43.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.379

Complementary

  1. #a8a699
  2. #999ba8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a699
  2. #99a2a8
  3. #9e99a8

Analogous

  1. #a89e99
  2. #a8a699
  3. #a2a899

Triadic

  1. #a8a699
  2. #99a8a6
  3. #a699a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a699
  2. #9ba899
  3. #999ba8
  4. #a699a8

Square

  1. #a8a699
  2. #99a89e
  3. #999ba8
  4. #a899a2

Monochromatic

  1. #5b594d
  2. #848171
  3. #a8a699
  4. #cbcac2
  5. #eeeeec

Shades

#a8a699 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a699
  2. #97958a
  3. #86857a
  4. #76746b
  5. #65645c
  6. #54534d
  7. #43423d
  8. #32322e
  9. #22211f
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a699 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a699
  2. #b1afa3
  3. #b9b8ad
  4. #c2c1b8
  5. #cbcac2
  6. #d4d3cc
  7. #dcdbd6
  8. #e5e4e0
  9. #eeedeb
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a699 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a699
  2. #a4a297
  3. #a09e94
  4. #9c9b92
  5. #98978f
  6. #94938d
  7. #908f8a
  8. #8c8b88
  9. #888885
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a6a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a598 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa699 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aba4a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a599 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a699 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa59f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a699 {
  color: #a8a699;
}
Background
.bg-a8a699 {
  background-color: #a8a699;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a699 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a699;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a699;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 8% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a699 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a699, #a2a899);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a699 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 153 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.43 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.43 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.66 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.68 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.38 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.23 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.31 #575966 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8a699  rgb(168, 166, 153)  hsl(52, 8%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#999ba8  rgb(153, 155, 168)  hsl(232, 8%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#99a8a6  rgb(153, 168, 166)  hsl(172, 8%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#a699a8  rgb(166, 153, 168)  hsl(292, 8%, 63%)  Rose Quartz