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#a9a9a9 Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
  • darkgray
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#a9a9a9 (Dark Gray) is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 66.27% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 0% saturation and 66.27% 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3968

Complementary

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9

Split complementary

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9
  3. #a9a9a9

Analogous

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9
  3. #a9a9a9

Triadic

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9
  3. #a9a9a9

Tetradic

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9
  3. #a9a9a9
  4. #a9a9a9

Square

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a9a9a9
  3. #a9a9a9
  4. #a9a9a9

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5c5c
  2. #838383
  3. #a9a9a9
  4. #cfcfcf
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#a9a9a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #989898
  3. #878787
  4. #767676
  5. #656565
  6. #555555
  7. #444444
  8. #333333
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9a9a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #b2b2b2
  3. #bababa
  4. #c3c3c3
  5. #cbcbcb
  6. #d4d4d4
  7. #dddddd
  8. #e5e5e5
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f6f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9a9a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9a9a9
  2. #a5a5a5
  3. #a1a1a1
  4. #9d9d9d
  5. #999999
  6. #959595
  7. #909090
  8. #8c8c8c
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a9a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a9a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a9a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a9a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9a9a9 {
  color: #a9a9a9;
}
Background
.bg-a9a9a9 {
  background-color: #a9a9a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9a9a9 {
  border: 2px solid #a9a9a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9a9a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 169 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 0% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9a9a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9a9a9, #a9a9a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9a9a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 169 169 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.29 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.15 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.92 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.96 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.96 #565656 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a9a9a9  rgb(169, 169, 169)  hsl(0, 0%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9a9a9  rgb(169, 169, 169)  hsl(0, 0%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9a9a9  rgb(169, 169, 169)  hsl(0, 0%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9a9a9  rgb(169, 169, 169)  hsl(0, 0%, 66%)  Dark Gray