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#A9AAA6

#a9aaa6 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a9aaa6 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, 66.67% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 75°, with 2.3% saturation and 65.88% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.41.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3994

Complementary

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a7a6aa

Split complementary

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a6a7aa
  3. #a9a6aa

Analogous

  1. #aaa9a6
  2. #a9aaa6
  3. #a7aaa6

Triadic

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a6a9aa
  3. #aaa6a9

Tetradic

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a6aaa7
  3. #a7a6aa
  4. #aaa6a9

Square

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a6aaa9
  3. #a7a6aa
  4. #aaa6a7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5e59
  2. #83857f
  3. #a9aaa6
  4. #cfcfcd
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#a9aaa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #989995
  3. #878885
  4. #767774
  5. #656664
  6. #555553
  7. #444442
  8. #333332
  9. #222221
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9aaa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #b2b3af
  3. #babbb8
  4. #c3c4c1
  5. #cbccca
  6. #d4d5d3
  7. #dddddb
  8. #e5e6e4
  9. #eeeeed
  10. #f6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9aaa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9aaa6
  2. #a5a6a2
  3. #a1a29e
  4. #9d9d9b
  5. #999997
  6. #959593
  7. #90918f
  8. #8c8d8b
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9aaa8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aba9a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abaaa6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaaaa6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaaa6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9aaa8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9aaa6 {
  color: #a9aaa6;
}
Background
.bg-a9aaa6 {
  background-color: #a9aaa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9aaa6 {
  border: 2px solid #a9aaa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9aaa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 170 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 75 2% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9aaa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9aaa6, #a7aaa6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9aaa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 170 166 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.41 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.60 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.52 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.08 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.08 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.62 #565559 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a9aaa6  rgb(169, 170, 166)  hsl(75, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a7a6aa  rgb(167, 166, 170)  hsl(255, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a6a9aa  rgb(166, 169, 170)  hsl(195, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa6a9  rgb(170, 166, 169)  hsl(315, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray