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#ABA7AF

#aba7af ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aba7af is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.49% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.29% cyan, 4.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 4.76% 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 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3939

Complementary

  1. #aba7af
  2. #abafa7

Split complementary

  1. #aba7af
  2. #afafa7
  3. #a7afa7

Analogous

  1. #a7a7af
  2. #aba7af
  3. #afa7af

Triadic

  1. #aba7af
  2. #afaba7
  3. #a7afab

Tetradic

  1. #aba7af
  2. #afa7ab
  3. #abafa7
  4. #a7afab

Square

  1. #aba7af
  2. #afa7a7
  3. #abafa7
  4. #a7afaf

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5a63
  2. #857f8b
  3. #aba7af
  4. #d1cfd3
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#aba7af mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba7af
  2. #9a969e
  3. #89868c
  4. #78757b
  5. #676469
  6. #565458
  7. #444346
  8. #333235
  9. #222123
  10. #111112
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba7af mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba7af
  2. #b3b0b7
  3. #bcb9bf
  4. #c4c1c7
  5. #cdcacf
  6. #d5d3d7
  7. #dddcdf
  8. #e6e5e7
  9. #eeedef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba7af mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba7af
  2. #a7a3aa
  3. #a29fa6
  4. #9e9ba1
  5. #9a979c
  6. #969498
  7. #919093
  8. #8d8c8e
  9. #898889
  10. #848485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a8ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6a8af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a9af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aba8aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a8af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a8af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aba8ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba7af {
  color: #aba7af;
}
Background
.bg-aba7af {
  background-color: #aba7af;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba7af {
  border: 2px solid #aba7af;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba7af;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 167 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 5% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba7af {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba7af, #afa7af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba7af {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 167 175 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.06 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.06 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.93 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.20 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.47 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.25 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.42 #545850 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aba7af  rgb(171, 167, 175)  hsl(270, 5%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#abafa7  rgb(171, 175, 167)  hsl(90, 5%, 67%)  Ash Gray
#afaba7  rgb(175, 171, 167)  hsl(30, 5%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a7afab  rgb(167, 175, 171)  hsl(150, 5%, 67%)  Ash Gray