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#A8A8A3

#a8a8a3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8a8a3 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, 65.88% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.98% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 2.79% saturation and 64.9% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3897

Complementary

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a3a3a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a3a5a8
  3. #a5a3a8

Analogous

  1. #a8a5a3
  2. #a8a8a3
  3. #a5a8a3

Triadic

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a3a8a8
  3. #a8a3a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a3a8a3
  3. #a3a3a8
  4. #a8a3a8

Square

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a3a8a5
  3. #a3a3a8
  4. #a8a3a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5b57
  2. #83837c
  3. #a8a8a3
  4. #cdcdca
  5. #f2f2f2

Shades

#a8a8a3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #979793
  3. #868682
  4. #767672
  5. #656562
  6. #545452
  7. #434341
  8. #323231
  9. #222221
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a8a3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #b1b1ac
  3. #b9b9b5
  4. #c2c2bf
  5. #cbcbc8
  6. #d4d4d1
  7. #dcdcda
  8. #e5e5e3
  9. #eeeeed
  10. #f6f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a8a3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a8a3
  2. #a4a4a0
  3. #a0a09c
  4. #9c9c99
  5. #989895
  6. #949492
  7. #90908e
  8. #8c8c8b
  9. #888887
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a8a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a8a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a8a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a8a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a8a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9a8a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a8a3 {
  color: #a8a8a3;
}
Background
.bg-a8a8a3 {
  background-color: #a8a8a3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a8a3 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a8a3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a8a3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 168 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 3% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a8a3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a8a3, #a5a8a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a8a3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 168 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.78 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.78 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.23 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.03 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 11.51 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.68 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.68 #57575c Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8a8a3  rgb(168, 168, 163)  hsl(60, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a3a3a8  rgb(163, 163, 168)  hsl(240, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a3a8a8  rgb(163, 168, 168)  hsl(180, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a8a3a8  rgb(168, 163, 168)  hsl(300, 3%, 65%)  Dark Gray