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#AAA5A2

#aaa5a2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa5a2 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, 64.71% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 4.71% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 22.5°, with 4.49% saturation and 65.1% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3806

Complementary

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a2a7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a2aaa9
  3. #a2a3aa

Analogous

  1. #aaa2a3
  2. #aaa5a2
  3. #aaa9a2

Triadic

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a2aaa5
  3. #a5a2aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a7aaa2
  3. #a2a7aa
  4. #a5a2aa

Square

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a3aaa2
  3. #a2a7aa
  4. #a9a2aa

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5955
  2. #857e7a
  3. #aaa5a2
  4. #cfccca
  5. #f3f2f2

Shades

#aaa5a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #999592
  3. #888482
  4. #777471
  5. #666361
  6. #555351
  7. #444241
  8. #333231
  9. #222120
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa5a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #b3aeab
  3. #bbb7b5
  4. #c4c0be
  5. #ccc9c7
  6. #d5d2d1
  7. #dddbda
  8. #e6e4e3
  9. #eeedec
  10. #f7f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa5a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa5a2
  2. #a6a19f
  3. #a29e9b
  4. #9d9a98
  5. #999694
  6. #959391
  7. #918f8e
  8. #8d8b8a
  9. #888787
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a6a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6a5a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a6a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aca4a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a5a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a6a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aba4a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa5a2 {
  color: #aaa5a2;
}
Background
.bg-aaa5a2 {
  background-color: #aaa5a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa5a2 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa5a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa5a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 23 4% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa5a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa5a2, #aaa9a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa5a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 162 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.85 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.85 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.70 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.43 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.98 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.08 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.46 #555a5d Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa5a2  rgb(170, 165, 162)  hsl(23, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a2a7aa  rgb(162, 167, 170)  hsl(203, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a2aaa5  rgb(162, 170, 165)  hsl(143, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a5a2aa  rgb(165, 162, 170)  hsl(263, 4%, 65%)  Dark Gray