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#ACAB9C

#acab9c ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#acab9c 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, 67.06% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.58% magenta, 9.3% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.25°, with 8.79% saturation and 64.31% 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 9.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.22.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.403

Complementary

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9c9dac

Split complementary

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9ca5ac
  3. #a39cac

Analogous

  1. #aca39c
  2. #acab9c
  3. #a5ac9c

Triadic

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9cacab
  3. #ab9cac

Tetradic

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9dac9c
  3. #9c9dac
  4. #ab9cac

Square

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9caca3
  3. #9c9dac
  4. #ac9ca5

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5e50
  2. #898773
  3. #acab9c
  4. #cfcec6
  5. #f2f2ef

Shades

#acab9c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acab9c
  2. #9b9a8c
  3. #8a897d
  4. #78786d
  5. #67675e
  6. #56564e
  7. #45443e
  8. #34332f
  9. #22221f
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#acab9c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acab9c
  2. #b4b3a6
  3. #bdbcb0
  4. #c5c4ba
  5. #cdcdc4
  6. #d6d5ce
  7. #deddd7
  8. #e6e6e1
  9. #eeeeeb
  10. #f7f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acab9c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acab9c
  2. #a8a799
  3. #a3a296
  4. #9f9e94
  5. #9a9a91
  6. #96968e
  7. #92918b
  8. #8d8d88
  9. #898986
  10. #848483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeaa9b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afab9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa9a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaa9b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeab9c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeaaa2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acab9c {
  color: #acab9c;
}
Background
.bg-acab9c {
  background-color: #acab9c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acab9c {
  border: 2px solid #acab9c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acab9c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 171 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 9% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acab9c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acab9c, #a5ac9c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acab9c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 171 156 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.22 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.22 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.54 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.34 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.15 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.53 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 12.04 #535463 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#acab9c  rgb(172, 171, 156)  hsl(56, 9%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9c9dac  rgb(156, 157, 172)  hsl(236, 9%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#9cacab  rgb(156, 172, 171)  hsl(176, 9%, 64%)  Ash Gray
#ab9cac  rgb(171, 156, 172)  hsl(296, 9%, 64%)  Rose Quartz