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#AA9998

#aa9998 ≈ Silver Pink

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aa9998 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 60% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 3.33°, with 9.57% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver Pink (#c4aead), ΔE 6.72.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.336

Complementary

  1. #aa9998
  2. #98a9aa

Split complementary

  1. #aa9998
  2. #98aaa2
  3. #98a0aa

Analogous

  1. #aa98a0
  2. #aa9998
  3. #aaa298

Triadic

  1. #aa9998
  2. #98aa99
  3. #9998aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9998
  2. #a9aa98
  3. #98a9aa
  4. #9998aa

Square

  1. #aa9998
  2. #a0aa98
  3. #98a9aa
  4. #a298aa

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4d4c
  2. #87706f
  3. #aa9998
  4. #cdc3c2
  5. #efecec

Shades

#aa9998 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9998
  2. #998a89
  3. #887a7a
  4. #776b6a
  5. #665c5b
  6. #554d4c
  7. #443d3d
  8. #332e2e
  9. #221f1e
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9998 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9998
  2. #b3a3a2
  3. #bbadad
  4. #c4b8b7
  5. #ccc2c1
  6. #d5cccc
  7. #ddd6d6
  8. #e6e0e0
  9. #eeebea
  10. #f7f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9998 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9998
  2. #a69796
  3. #a29493
  4. #9d9291
  5. #998f8e
  6. #958d8c
  7. #918a8a
  8. #8d8887
  9. #888585
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29b9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9b98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a09e98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae9799 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29a98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a49c98 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad9898 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9998 {
  color: #aa9998;
}
Background
.bg-aa9998 {
  background-color: #aa9998;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9998 {
  border: 2px solid #aa9998;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9998;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 153 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 10% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9998 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9998, #aaa298);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9998 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 153 152 / 0.35);
}

#c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.72 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.96 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.67 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.67 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.94 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.22 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.38 #556667 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Silver Pink
#aa9998  rgb(170, 153, 152)  hsl(3, 10%, 63%)  Silver Pink
#98a9aa  rgb(152, 169, 170)  hsl(183, 10%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#98aa99  rgb(152, 170, 153)  hsl(123, 10%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#9998aa  rgb(153, 152, 170)  hsl(243, 10%, 63%)  Cool Gray