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#AAA9AB

#aaa9ab ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa9ab 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, 66.27% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.58% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 1.18% saturation and 66.67% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 1.38.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3986

Complementary

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #aaaba9

Split complementary

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #ababa9
  3. #a9aba9

Analogous

  1. #a9a9ab
  2. #aaa9ab
  3. #aba9ab

Triadic

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #abaaa9
  3. #a9abaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #aba9aa
  3. #aaaba9
  4. #a9abaa

Square

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #aba9a9
  3. #aaaba9
  4. #a9abab

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5c5f
  2. #848285
  3. #aaa9ab
  4. #d0d0d1
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aaa9ab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #99989a
  3. #888789
  4. #777678
  5. #666567
  6. #555556
  7. #444444
  8. #333333
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa9ab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #b3b2b3
  3. #bbbabc
  4. #c4c3c4
  5. #cccbcd
  6. #d5d4d5
  7. #dddddd
  8. #e6e5e6
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa9ab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa9ab
  2. #a6a5a7
  3. #a2a1a2
  4. #9d9d9e
  5. #99999a
  6. #959596
  7. #919091
  8. #8d8c8d
  9. #888889
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa9aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a9ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a9ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaa9aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a9ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a9ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa9aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa9ab {
  color: #aaa9ab;
}
Background
.bg-aaa9ab {
  background-color: #aaa9ab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa9ab {
  border: 2px solid #aaa9ab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa9ab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 1% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa9ab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa9ab, #aba9ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa9ab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 171 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 1.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 1.38 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.34 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.26 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.22 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.94 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.94 #555654 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa9ab  rgb(170, 169, 171)  hsl(270, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaaba9  rgb(170, 171, 169)  hsl(90, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#abaaa9  rgb(171, 170, 169)  hsl(30, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9abaa  rgb(169, 171, 170)  hsl(150, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray