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#A8A69A

#a8a69a ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8a69a 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 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.19% magenta, 8.33% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 7.45% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3793

Complementary

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #9a9ca8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #9aa3a8
  3. #9f9aa8

Analogous

  1. #a89f9a
  2. #a8a69a
  3. #a3a89a

Triadic

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #9aa8a6
  3. #a69aa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #9ca89a
  3. #9a9ca8
  4. #a69aa8

Square

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #9aa89f
  3. #9a9ca8
  4. #a89aa3

Monochromatic

  1. #5b594e
  2. #848172
  3. #a8a69a
  4. #cbcac3
  5. #efeeec

Shades

#a8a69a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #97958b
  3. #86857b
  4. #76746c
  5. #65645c
  6. #54534d
  7. #43423e
  8. #32322e
  9. #22211f
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a69a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #b1afa4
  3. #b9b8ae
  4. #c2c1b8
  5. #cbcac2
  6. #d4d3cd
  7. #dcdbd7
  8. #e5e4e1
  9. #eeedeb
  10. #f6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a69a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a69a
  2. #a4a297
  3. #a09e95
  4. #9c9b92
  5. #989790
  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 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a6a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a599 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a69a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaa4a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a59a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a69a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa59f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a69a {
  color: #a8a69a;
}
Background
.bg-a8a69a {
  background-color: #a8a69a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a69a {
  border: 2px solid #a8a69a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a69a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 7% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a69a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a69a, #a3a89a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a69a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 154 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.00 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.00 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.62 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.39 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.75 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.07 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.64 #575965 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8a69a  rgb(168, 166, 154)  hsl(51, 7%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9a9ca8  rgb(154, 156, 168)  hsl(231, 7%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#9aa8a6  rgb(154, 168, 166)  hsl(171, 7%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#a69aa8  rgb(166, 154, 168)  hsl(291, 7%, 63%)  Rose Quartz