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#AA9B8B

#aa9b8b ≈ Dark Gray

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aa9b8b is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 60.78% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.82% magenta, 18.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 30.97°, with 15.42% saturation and 60.59% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.62.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #8b9aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #8ba9aa
  3. #8c8baa

Analogous

  1. #aa8c8b
  2. #aa9b8b
  3. #a9aa8b

Triadic

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #8baa9b
  3. #9b8baa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #9aaa8b
  3. #8b9aaa
  4. #9b8baa

Square

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #8baa8c
  3. #8b9aaa
  4. #aa8ba9

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4e42
  2. #867562
  3. #aa9b8b
  4. #cac1b7
  5. #ebe7e3

Shades

#aa9b8b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #998c7d
  3. #887c6f
  4. #776d61
  5. #665d53
  6. #554e46
  7. #443e38
  8. #332f2a
  9. #221f1c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9b8b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #b3a597
  3. #bbafa2
  4. #c4b9ae
  5. #ccc3b9
  6. #d5cdc5
  7. #ddd7d1
  8. #e6e1dc
  9. #eeebe8
  10. #f7f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9b8b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9b8b
  2. #a6988a
  3. #a29689
  4. #9d9388
  5. #999087
  6. #958e86
  7. #918b84
  8. #8d8883
  9. #888582
  10. #848381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39c96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a09b8a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49f8b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b09796 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a49b8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a69d8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae9992 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9b8b {
  color: #aa9b8b;
}
Background
.bg-aa9b8b {
  background-color: #aa9b8b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9b8b {
  border: 2px solid #aa9b8b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9b8b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 155 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 31 15% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9b8b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9b8b, #a9aa8b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9b8b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 155 139 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.62 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.62 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 9.97 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.72 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 11.01 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.16 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.97 #556474 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aa9b8b  rgb(170, 155, 139)  hsl(31, 15%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#8b9aaa  rgb(139, 154, 170)  hsl(211, 15%, 61%)  Light Slate Gray
#8baa9b  rgb(139, 170, 155)  hsl(151, 15%, 61%)  Opal
#9b8baa  rgb(155, 139, 170)  hsl(271, 15%, 61%)  Rose Quartz