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#ADA69D

#ada69d ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada69d 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 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 9.25% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 33.75°, with 8.89% saturation and 64.71% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3859

Complementary

  1. #ada69d
  2. #9da4ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada69d
  2. #9dacad
  3. #9e9dad

Analogous

  1. #ad9e9d
  2. #ada69d
  3. #acad9d

Triadic

  1. #ada69d
  2. #9dada6
  3. #a69dad

Tetradic

  1. #ada69d
  2. #a4ad9d
  3. #9da4ad
  4. #a69dad

Square

  1. #ada69d
  2. #9dad9e
  3. #9da4ad
  4. #ad9dac

Monochromatic

  1. #605951
  2. #8a8073
  3. #ada69d
  4. #d0ccc7
  5. #f3f2f0

Shades

#ada69d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada69d
  2. #9c958d
  3. #8a857e
  4. #79746e
  5. #68645e
  6. #57534f
  7. #45423f
  8. #34322f
  9. #23211f
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada69d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada69d
  2. #b5afa7
  3. #bdb8b1
  4. #c6c1ba
  5. #cecac4
  6. #d6d3ce
  7. #dedbd8
  8. #e6e4e2
  9. #efedeb
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada69d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada69d
  2. #a9a29a
  3. #a49e97
  4. #a09b94
  5. #9b9791
  6. #97938f
  7. #928f8c
  8. #8e8b89
  9. #898886
  10. #858483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a7a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a69c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba89d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba69d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca79d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa5a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada69d {
  color: #ada69d;
}
Background
.bg-ada69d {
  background-color: #ada69d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada69d {
  border: 2px solid #ada69d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada69d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 34 9% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada69d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada69d, #acad9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada69d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 157 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.10 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.56 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.49 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.69 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.25 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 12.63 #525962 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada69d  rgb(173, 166, 157)  hsl(34, 9%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#9da4ad  rgb(157, 164, 173)  hsl(214, 9%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#9dada6  rgb(157, 173, 166)  hsl(154, 9%, 65%)  Ash Gray
#a69dad  rgb(166, 157, 173)  hsl(274, 9%, 65%)  Rose Quartz