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#ADA19E

#ada19e ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada19e is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 63.14% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.94% magenta, 8.67% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 12°, with 8.38% saturation and 64.9% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.92.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3684

Complementary

  1. #ada19e
  2. #9eaaad

Split complementary

  1. #ada19e
  2. #9eada8
  3. #9ea2ad

Analogous

  1. #ad9ea2
  2. #ada19e
  3. #ada89e

Triadic

  1. #ada19e
  2. #9eada1
  3. #a19ead

Tetradic

  1. #ada19e
  2. #aaad9e
  3. #9eaaad
  4. #a19ead

Square

  1. #ada19e
  2. #a2ad9e
  3. #9eaaad
  4. #a89ead

Monochromatic

  1. #605552
  2. #8a7975
  3. #ada19e
  4. #d0c9c7
  5. #f3f1f1

Shades

#ada19e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada19e
  2. #9c918e
  3. #8a817e
  4. #79716f
  5. #68615f
  6. #57514f
  7. #45403f
  8. #34302f
  9. #232020
  10. #111010
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada19e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada19e
  2. #b5aaa8
  3. #bdb4b1
  4. #c6bdbb
  5. #cec7c5
  6. #d6d0cf
  7. #ded9d8
  8. #e6e3e2
  9. #efecec
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada19e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada19e
  2. #a99e9b
  3. #a49a98
  4. #a09795
  5. #9b9492
  6. #97918f
  7. #928d8c
  8. #8e8a89
  9. #898786
  10. #858383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a2a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a29e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a49e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a0a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a29e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a39e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa09f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada19e {
  color: #ada19e;
}
Background
.bg-ada19e {
  background-color: #ada19e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada19e {
  border: 2px solid #ada19e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada19e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 161 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 8% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada19e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada19e, #ada89e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada19e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 161 158 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.92 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.92 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.16 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.76 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.88 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.32 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 11.91 #525e61 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada19e  rgb(173, 161, 158)  hsl(12, 8%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#9eaaad  rgb(158, 170, 173)  hsl(192, 8%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#9eada1  rgb(158, 173, 161)  hsl(132, 8%, 65%)  Ash Gray
#a19ead  rgb(161, 158, 173)  hsl(252, 8%, 65%)  Rose Quartz