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#A8ACAE

#a8acae ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8acae 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, 67.45% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.45% cyan, 1.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 3.57% saturation and 67.06% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4089

Complementary

  1. #a8acae
  2. #aeaaa8

Split complementary

  1. #a8acae
  2. #aea8a9
  3. #aeada8

Analogous

  1. #a8aead
  2. #a8acae
  3. #a8a9ae

Triadic

  1. #a8acae
  2. #aea8ac
  3. #acaea8

Tetradic

  1. #a8acae
  2. #aaa8ae
  3. #aeaaa8
  4. #acaea8

Square

  1. #a8acae
  2. #ada8ae
  3. #aeaaa8
  4. #a9aea8

Monochromatic

  1. #5b6062
  2. #808689
  3. #a8acae
  4. #d0d2d3
  5. #f4f5f5

Shades

#a8acae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8acae
  2. #979b9d
  3. #868a8b
  4. #76787a
  5. #656768
  6. #545657
  7. #434546
  8. #323434
  9. #222223
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8acae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8acae
  2. #b1b4b6
  3. #b9bdbe
  4. #c2c5c6
  5. #cbcdce
  6. #d4d6d7
  7. #dcdedf
  8. #e5e6e7
  9. #eeeeef
  10. #f6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8acae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8acae
  2. #a4a8a9
  3. #a0a3a5
  4. #9c9fa0
  5. #989a9c
  6. #949697
  7. #909292
  8. #8c8d8e
  9. #888989
  10. #848485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaacac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abacae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaabae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7adad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaacae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9abae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7acad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8acae {
  color: #a8acae;
}
Background
.bg-a8acae {
  background-color: #a8acae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8acae {
  border: 2px solid #a8acae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8acae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 172 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 4% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8acae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8acae, #a8a9ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8acae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 172 174 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.17 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.17 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.99 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.37 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.56 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.50 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.50 #575351 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8acae  rgb(168, 172, 174)  hsl(200, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aeaaa8  rgb(174, 170, 168)  hsl(20, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aea8ac  rgb(174, 168, 172)  hsl(320, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#acaea8  rgb(172, 174, 168)  hsl(80, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray