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#A9AAA9

#a9aaa9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a9aaa9 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 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 120°, with 0.58% saturation and 66.47% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 0.91.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4005

Complementary

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #aaa9aa

Split complementary

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a9a9aa
  3. #aaa9a9

Analogous

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a9aaa9
  3. #a9aaa9

Triadic

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a9a9aa
  3. #aaa9a9

Tetradic

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a9aaaa
  3. #aaa9aa
  4. #aaa9a9

Square

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a9a9aa
  3. #aaa9aa
  4. #aaa9a9

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5e5c
  2. #838483
  3. #a9aaa9
  4. #cfd0cf
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#a9aaa9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #989998
  3. #878887
  4. #767776
  5. #656665
  6. #555555
  7. #444444
  8. #333333
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9aaa9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #b2b3b2
  3. #babbba
  4. #c3c4c3
  5. #cbcccb
  6. #d4d5d4
  7. #dddddd
  8. #e5e6e5
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9aaa9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9aaa9
  2. #a5a6a5
  3. #a1a2a1
  4. #9d9d9d
  5. #999999
  6. #959595
  7. #909190
  8. #8c8d8c
  9. #888888
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9aaa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaaaa9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaaaa9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9aaaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaaaa9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaaa9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9aaa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9aaa9 {
  color: #a9aaa9;
}
Background
.bg-a9aaa9 {
  background-color: #a9aaa9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9aaa9 {
  border: 2px solid #a9aaa9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9aaa9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 170 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 120 1% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9aaa9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9aaa9, #a9aaa9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9aaa9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 170 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 0.91 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 0.91 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.15 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.32 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.76 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.79 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.79 #565556 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a9aaa9  rgb(169, 170, 169)  hsl(120, 1%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa9aa  rgb(170, 169, 170)  hsl(300, 1%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9a9aa  rgb(169, 169, 170)  hsl(240, 1%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aaa9a9  rgb(170, 169, 169)  hsl(0, 1%, 66%)  Dark Gray