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#A8ACAF

#a8acaf ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8acaf 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 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4% cyan, 1.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 4.19% saturation and 67.25% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.36.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4093

Complementary

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #afaba8

Split complementary

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #afa8a8
  3. #afaea8

Analogous

  1. #a8afae
  2. #a8acaf
  3. #a8a8af

Triadic

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #afa8ac
  3. #acafa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #aba8af
  3. #afaba8
  4. #acafa8

Square

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #aea8af
  3. #afaba8
  4. #a8afa8

Monochromatic

  1. #5b6063
  2. #80868a
  3. #a8acaf
  4. #d0d2d4
  5. #f4f5f5

Shades

#a8acaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #979b9e
  3. #868a8c
  4. #76787b
  5. #656769
  6. #545658
  7. #434546
  8. #323435
  9. #222223
  10. #111112
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8acaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #b1b4b7
  3. #b9bdbf
  4. #c2c5c7
  5. #cbcdcf
  6. #d4d6d7
  7. #dcdedf
  8. #e5e6e7
  9. #eeeeef
  10. #f6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8acaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8acaf
  2. #a4a8aa
  3. #a0a3a6
  4. #9c9fa1
  5. #989a9c
  6. #949698
  7. #909293
  8. #8c8d8e
  9. #888989
  10. #848485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaacad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abacaf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaabaf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6adad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaacaf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9abaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7acae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8acaf {
  color: #a8acaf;
}
Background
.bg-a8acaf {
  background-color: #a8acaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8acaf {
  border: 2px solid #a8acaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8acaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 172 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 4% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8acaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8acaf, #a8a8af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8acaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 172 175 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.36 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.36 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.04 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.82 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.52 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.52 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.52 #575350 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8acaf  rgb(168, 172, 175)  hsl(206, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#afaba8  rgb(175, 171, 168)  hsl(26, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#afa8ac  rgb(175, 168, 172)  hsl(326, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#acafa8  rgb(172, 175, 168)  hsl(86, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray