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#AAA9AD

#aaa9ad ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa9ad 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 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.73% cyan, 2.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 255°, with 2.38% saturation and 67.06% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.42.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3994

Complementary

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #acada9

Split complementary

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #adaca9
  3. #aaada9

Analogous

  1. #a9aaad
  2. #aaa9ad
  3. #aca9ad

Triadic

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #adaaa9
  3. #a9adaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #ada9ac
  3. #acada9
  4. #a9adaa

Square

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #ada9aa
  3. #acada9
  4. #a9adac

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5c61
  2. #838288
  3. #aaa9ad
  4. #d1d0d2
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aaa9ad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #99989c
  3. #88878a
  4. #777679
  5. #666568
  6. #555557
  7. #444445
  8. #333334
  9. #222223
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa9ad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #b3b2b5
  3. #bbbabd
  4. #c4c3c6
  5. #cccbce
  6. #d5d4d6
  7. #ddddde
  8. #e6e5e6
  9. #eeeeef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa9ad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa9ad
  2. #a6a5a9
  3. #a2a1a4
  4. #9d9da0
  5. #99999b
  6. #959597
  7. #919092
  8. #8d8c8e
  9. #888889
  10. #848485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa9ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8aaad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a9ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a9ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a9ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa9ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa9ad {
  color: #aaa9ad;
}
Background
.bg-aaa9ad {
  background-color: #aaa9ad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa9ad {
  border: 2px solid #aaa9ad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa9ad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 2% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa9ad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa9ad, #aca9ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa9ad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 173 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.42 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.42 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.60 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.24 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.41 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.95 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.08 #555652 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa9ad  rgb(170, 169, 173)  hsl(255, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#acada9  rgb(172, 173, 169)  hsl(75, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#adaaa9  rgb(173, 170, 169)  hsl(15, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9adaa  rgb(169, 173, 170)  hsl(135, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray