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#AAACA9

#aaaca9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaaca9 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, 67.45% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.74% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 100°, with 1.78% saturation and 66.86% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.3.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4092

Complementary

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #aba9ac

Split complementary

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #a9a9ac
  3. #aca9ab

Analogous

  1. #abaca9
  2. #aaaca9
  3. #a9aca9

Triadic

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #a9aaac
  3. #aca9aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #a9acab
  3. #aba9ac
  4. #aca9aa

Square

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #a9abac
  3. #aba9ac
  4. #aca9a9

Monochromatic

  1. #5d605c
  2. #848682
  3. #aaaca9
  4. #d0d2d0
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aaaca9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #999b98
  3. #888a87
  4. #777876
  5. #666765
  6. #555655
  7. #444544
  8. #333433
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaca9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #b3b4b2
  3. #bbbdba
  4. #c4c5c3
  5. #cccdcb
  6. #d5d6d4
  7. #dddedd
  8. #e6e6e5
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaca9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaca9
  2. #a6a8a5
  3. #a2a3a1
  4. #9d9f9d
  5. #999a99
  6. #959695
  7. #919290
  8. #8d8d8c
  9. #888988
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abacaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acaba9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaacab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaca9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abaca9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaacaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaca9 {
  color: #aaaca9;
}
Background
.bg-aaaca9 {
  background-color: #aaaca9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaca9 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaca9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaca9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 172 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 100 2% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaca9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaca9, #a9aca9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaca9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 172 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.30 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.30 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.02 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.08 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.51 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.51 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.95 #555356 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaaca9  rgb(170, 172, 169)  hsl(100, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aba9ac  rgb(171, 169, 172)  hsl(280, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9aaac  rgb(169, 170, 172)  hsl(220, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aca9aa  rgb(172, 169, 170)  hsl(340, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray