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#ACABAA

#acabaa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#acabaa 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 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.58% magenta, 1.16% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 30°, with 1.19% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 0.92.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.408

Complementary

  1. #acabaa
  2. #aaabac

Split complementary

  1. #acabaa
  2. #aaacac
  3. #aaaaac

Analogous

  1. #acaaaa
  2. #acabaa
  3. #acacaa

Triadic

  1. #acabaa
  2. #aaacab
  3. #abaaac

Tetradic

  1. #acabaa
  2. #abacaa
  3. #aaabac
  4. #abaaac

Square

  1. #acabaa
  2. #aaacaa
  3. #aaabac
  4. #acaaac

Monochromatic

  1. #605f5d
  2. #868583
  3. #acabaa
  4. #d2d1d1
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#acabaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acabaa
  2. #9b9a99
  3. #8a8988
  4. #787877
  5. #676766
  6. #565655
  7. #454444
  8. #343333
  9. #222222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#acabaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acabaa
  2. #b4b3b3
  3. #bdbcbb
  4. #c5c4c4
  5. #cdcdcc
  6. #d6d5d5
  7. #dedddd
  8. #e6e6e6
  9. #eeeeee
  10. #f7f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acabaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acabaa
  2. #a8a7a6
  3. #a3a2a2
  4. #9f9e9d
  5. #9a9a99
  6. #969695
  7. #929191
  8. #8d8d8d
  9. #898988
  10. #848484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ababaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acabaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acabab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acabaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acabaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acabaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acabaa {
  color: #acabaa;
}
Background
.bg-acabaa {
  background-color: #acabaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acabaa {
  border: 2px solid #acabaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acabaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 171 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 1% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acabaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acabaa, #acacaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acabaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 171 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 0.92 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 0.92 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.71 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.93 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.43 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.36 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.36 #535455 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#acabaa  rgb(172, 171, 170)  hsl(30, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaabac  rgb(170, 171, 172)  hsl(210, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaacab  rgb(170, 172, 171)  hsl(150, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#abaaac  rgb(171, 170, 172)  hsl(270, 1%, 67%)  Dark Gray