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#ABA9A8

#aba9a8 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aba9a8 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, 66.27% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 1.75% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 20°, with 1.75% saturation and 66.47% 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 1.08.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3986

Complementary

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #a8aaab

Split complementary

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #a8abaa
  3. #a8a9ab

Analogous

  1. #aba8a9
  2. #aba9a8
  3. #abaaa8

Triadic

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #a8aba9
  3. #a9a8ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #aaaba8
  3. #a8aaab
  4. #a9a8ab

Square

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #a9aba8
  3. #a8aaab
  4. #aaa8ab

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5c5b
  2. #858381
  3. #aba9a8
  4. #d1cfcf
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aba9a8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #9a9897
  3. #898786
  4. #787676
  5. #676565
  6. #565554
  7. #444443
  8. #333332
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba9a8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #b3b2b1
  3. #bcbab9
  4. #c4c3c2
  5. #cdcbcb
  6. #d5d4d4
  7. #dddddc
  8. #e6e5e5
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f7f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba9a8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba9a8
  2. #a7a5a4
  3. #a2a1a0
  4. #9e9d9c
  5. #9a9998
  6. #969594
  7. #919090
  8. #8d8c8c
  9. #898888
  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 #aaa9a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa9a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaaaa8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aca9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa9a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa9a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aba9a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba9a8 {
  color: #aba9a8;
}
Background
.bg-aba9a8 {
  background-color: #aba9a8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba9a8 {
  border: 2px solid #aba9a8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba9a8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 169 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 20 2% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba9a8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba9a8, #abaaa8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba9a8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 169 168 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 1.08 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 1.08 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.28 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.05 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.69 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.91 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.91 #545657 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aba9a8  rgb(171, 169, 168)  hsl(20, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a8aaab  rgb(168, 170, 171)  hsl(200, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a8aba9  rgb(168, 171, 169)  hsl(140, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a9a8ab  rgb(169, 168, 171)  hsl(260, 2%, 66%)  Dark Gray