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#A9ACA3

#a9aca3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a9aca3 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, 67.45% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.23% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 80°, with 5.14% saturation and 65.69% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.24.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4058

Complementary

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a6a3ac

Split complementary

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a3a5ac
  3. #aba3ac

Analogous

  1. #acaba3
  2. #a9aca3
  3. #a5aca3

Triadic

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a3a9ac
  3. #aca3a9

Tetradic

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a3aca6
  3. #a6a3ac
  4. #aca3a9

Square

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a3acab
  3. #a6a3ac
  4. #aca3a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d6056
  2. #83887b
  3. #a9aca3
  4. #cfd0cb
  5. #f4f5f3

Shades

#a9aca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #989b93
  3. #878a82
  4. #767872
  5. #656762
  6. #555652
  7. #444541
  8. #333431
  9. #222221
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9aca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #b2b4ac
  3. #babdb5
  4. #c3c5bf
  5. #cbcdc8
  6. #d4d6d1
  7. #dddeda
  8. #e5e6e3
  9. #eeeeed
  10. #f6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9aca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9aca3
  2. #a5a8a0
  3. #a1a39c
  4. #9d9f99
  5. #999a95
  6. #959692
  7. #90928e
  8. #8c8d8b
  9. #888987
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaaba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adaba3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adaba3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaaba9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaba3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ababa3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9aba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9aca3 {
  color: #a9aca3;
}
Background
.bg-a9aca3 {
  background-color: #a9aca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9aca3 {
  border: 2px solid #a9aca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9aca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 172 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 80 5% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9aca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9aca3, #a5aca3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9aca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 172 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.24 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.24 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 5.89 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.79 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.24 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.69 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.69 #56535c Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a9aca3  rgb(169, 172, 163)  hsl(80, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a6a3ac  rgb(166, 163, 172)  hsl(260, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a3a9ac  rgb(163, 169, 172)  hsl(200, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#aca3a9  rgb(172, 163, 169)  hsl(320, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray