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#ADA69B

#ada69b ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada69b 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, 65.1% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 10.4% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 36.67°, with 9.89% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3852

Complementary

  1. #ada69b
  2. #9ba2ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada69b
  2. #9babad
  3. #9d9bad

Analogous

  1. #ad9d9b
  2. #ada69b
  3. #abad9b

Triadic

  1. #ada69b
  2. #9bada6
  3. #a69bad

Tetradic

  1. #ada69b
  2. #a2ad9b
  3. #9ba2ad
  4. #a69bad

Square

  1. #ada69b
  2. #9bad9d
  3. #9ba2ad
  4. #ad9bab

Monochromatic

  1. #60594f
  2. #8a8171
  3. #ada69b
  4. #cfcbc5
  5. #f2f1ef

Shades

#ada69b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada69b
  2. #9c958c
  3. #8a857c
  4. #79746d
  5. #68645d
  6. #57534e
  7. #45423e
  8. #34322f
  9. #23211f
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada69b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada69b
  2. #b5afa5
  3. #bdb8af
  4. #c6c1b9
  5. #cecac3
  6. #d6d3cd
  7. #dedbd7
  8. #e6e4e1
  9. #efedeb
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada69b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada69b
  2. #a9a298
  3. #a49e96
  4. #a09b93
  5. #9b9790
  6. #97938e
  7. #928f8b
  8. #8e8b88
  9. #898885
  10. #858483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a69a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba89b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba69b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca79b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa5a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada69b {
  color: #ada69b;
}
Background
.bg-ada69b {
  background-color: #ada69b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada69b {
  border: 2px solid #ada69b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada69b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 37 10% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada69b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada69b, #abad9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada69b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 155 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.82 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.82 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.03 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.33 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.51 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 12.14 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.44 #525964 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada69b  rgb(173, 166, 155)  hsl(37, 10%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9ba2ad  rgb(155, 162, 173)  hsl(217, 10%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9bada6  rgb(155, 173, 166)  hsl(157, 10%, 64%)  Ash Gray
#a69bad  rgb(166, 155, 173)  hsl(277, 10%, 64%)  Rose Quartz