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#ACA9AB

#aca9ab ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aca9ab is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.27% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.74% magenta, 0.58% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 320°, 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4009

Complementary

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #a9acaa

Split complementary

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #a9aca9
  3. #a9acab

Analogous

  1. #aba9ac
  2. #aca9ab
  3. #aca9a9

Triadic

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #abaca9
  3. #a9abac

Tetradic

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #acaaa9
  3. #a9acaa
  4. #a9abac

Square

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #acaba9
  3. #a9acaa
  4. #a9a9ac

Monochromatic

  1. #605c5f
  2. #868285
  3. #aca9ab
  4. #d2d0d1
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aca9ab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #9b989a
  3. #8a8789
  4. #787678
  5. #676567
  6. #565556
  7. #454444
  8. #343333
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca9ab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #b4b2b3
  3. #bdbabc
  4. #c5c3c4
  5. #cdcbcd
  6. #d6d4d5
  7. #dedddd
  8. #e6e5e6
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca9ab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca9ab
  2. #a8a5a7
  3. #a3a1a2
  4. #9f9d9e
  5. #9a999a
  6. #969596
  7. #929091
  8. #8d8c8d
  9. #898889
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba9aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9aaab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaaaab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aca9aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa9ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abaaab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca9aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca9ab {
  color: #aca9ab;
}
Background
.bg-aca9ab {
  background-color: #aca9ab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca9ab {
  border: 2px solid #aca9ab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca9ab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 169 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 320 2% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca9ab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca9ab, #aca9a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca9ab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 169 171 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.16 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.43 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.29 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.42 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.94 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.94 #535654 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aca9ab  rgb(172, 169, 171)  hsl(320, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9acaa  rgb(169, 172, 170)  hsl(140, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#abaca9  rgb(171, 172, 169)  hsl(80, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9abac  rgb(169, 171, 172)  hsl(200, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray