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#AAA298

#aaa298 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa298 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, 63.53% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 33.33°, 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3665

Complementary

  1. #aaa298
  2. #98a0aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa298
  2. #98a9aa
  3. #9998aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9998
  2. #aaa298
  3. #a9aa98

Triadic

  1. #aaa298
  2. #98aaa2
  3. #a298aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa298
  2. #a0aa98
  3. #98a0aa
  4. #a298aa

Square

  1. #aaa298
  2. #98aa99
  3. #98a0aa
  4. #aa98a9

Monochromatic

  1. #5d554c
  2. #877c6f
  3. #aaa298
  4. #cdc8c2
  5. #efeeec

Shades

#aaa298 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa298
  2. #999289
  3. #88827a
  4. #77716a
  5. #66615b
  6. #55514c
  7. #44413d
  8. #33312e
  9. #22201e
  10. #11100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa298 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa298
  2. #b3aba2
  3. #bbb5ad
  4. #c4beb7
  5. #ccc7c1
  6. #d5d1cc
  7. #dddad6
  8. #e6e3e0
  9. #eeecea
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa298 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa298
  2. #a69f96
  3. #a29b93
  4. #9d9891
  5. #99948e
  6. #95918c
  7. #918e8a
  8. #8d8a87
  9. #888785
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a39f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a297 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a498 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea09f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a298 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a398 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca19c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa298 {
  color: #aaa298;
}
Background
.bg-aaa298 {
  background-color: #aaa298;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa298 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa298;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa298;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 10% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa298 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa298, #a9aa98);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa298 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 152 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.90 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.90 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.82 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.94 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.43 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.69 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 12.00 #555d67 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa298  rgb(170, 162, 152)  hsl(33, 10%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#98a0aa  rgb(152, 160, 170)  hsl(213, 10%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#98aaa2  rgb(152, 170, 162)  hsl(153, 10%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#a298aa  rgb(162, 152, 170)  hsl(273, 10%, 63%)  Rose Quartz