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#AAA199

#aaa199 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa199 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, 63.14% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.29% magenta, 10% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 28.24°, with 9.09% saturation and 63.33% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.63.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3634

Complementary

  1. #aaa199
  2. #99a2aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa199
  2. #99aaa9
  3. #9999aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9999
  2. #aaa199
  3. #aaa999

Triadic

  1. #aaa199
  2. #99aaa1
  3. #a199aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa199
  2. #a2aa99
  3. #99a2aa
  4. #a199aa

Square

  1. #aaa199
  2. #99aa99
  3. #99a2aa
  4. #a999aa

Monochromatic

  1. #5d554d
  2. #867b70
  3. #aaa199
  4. #cdc7c3
  5. #f0eeec

Shades

#aaa199 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa199
  2. #99918a
  3. #88817a
  4. #77716b
  5. #66615c
  6. #55514d
  7. #44403d
  8. #33302e
  9. #22201f
  10. #11100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa199 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa199
  2. #b3aaa3
  3. #bbb4ad
  4. #c4bdb8
  5. #ccc7c2
  6. #d5d0cc
  7. #ddd9d6
  8. #e6e3e0
  9. #eeeceb
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa199 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa199
  2. #a69e97
  3. #a29a94
  4. #9d9792
  5. #99948f
  6. #95918d
  7. #918d8a
  8. #8d8a88
  9. #888785
  10. #848383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a29f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a199 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a399 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad9f9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a199 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a299 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca09c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa199 {
  color: #aaa199;
}
Background
.bg-aaa199 {
  background-color: #aaa199;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa199 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa199;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa199;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 161 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 9% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa199 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa199, #aaa999);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa199 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 161 153 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.63 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.63 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.86 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.78 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.17 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.21 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.52 #555e66 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa199  rgb(170, 161, 153)  hsl(28, 9%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#99a2aa  rgb(153, 162, 170)  hsl(208, 9%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#99aaa1  rgb(153, 170, 161)  hsl(148, 9%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#a199aa  rgb(161, 153, 170)  hsl(268, 9%, 63%)  Rose Quartz