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#ACACA0

#acaca0 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#acaca0 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, 67.45% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.98% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 6.74% saturation and 65.1% 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 6.07.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4081

Complementary

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a0a0ac

Split complementary

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a0a6ac
  3. #a6a0ac

Analogous

  1. #aca6a0
  2. #acaca0
  3. #a6aca0

Triadic

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a0acac
  3. #aca0ac

Tetradic

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a0aca0
  3. #a0a0ac
  4. #aca0ac

Square

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a0aca6
  3. #a0a0ac
  4. #aca0a6

Monochromatic

  1. #606053
  2. #888877
  3. #acaca0
  4. #d0d0c9
  5. #f3f3f2

Shades

#acaca0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaca0
  2. #9b9b90
  3. #8a8a80
  4. #787870
  5. #676760
  6. #565650
  7. #454540
  8. #343430
  9. #222220
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaca0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaca0
  2. #b4b4aa
  3. #bdbdb3
  4. #c5c5bd
  5. #cdcdc6
  6. #d6d6d0
  7. #deded9
  8. #e6e6e3
  9. #eeeeec
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaca0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaca0
  2. #a8a89d
  3. #a3a39a
  4. #9f9f96
  5. #9a9a93
  6. #969690
  7. #92928d
  8. #8d8d8a
  9. #898986
  10. #848483
  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 #acaca7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeab9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afaba0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeaaa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaba0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeaca0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #adaba5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaca0 {
  color: #acaca0;
}
Background
.bg-acaca0 {
  background-color: #acaca0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaca0 {
  border: 2px solid #acaca0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaca0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 172 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 7% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaca0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaca0, #a6aca0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaca0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 172 160 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.07 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.07 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.82 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.28 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.21 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.40 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.97 #53535f Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#acaca0  rgb(172, 172, 160)  hsl(60, 7%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a0a0ac  rgb(160, 160, 172)  hsl(240, 7%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a0acac  rgb(160, 172, 172)  hsl(180, 7%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#aca0ac  rgb(172, 160, 172)  hsl(300, 7%, 65%)  Rose Quartz