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#ADA8A9

#ada8a9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada8a9 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, 65.88% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.89% magenta, 2.31% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 348°, with 2.96% saturation and 66.86% 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 8.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3975

Complementary

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #a8adac

Split complementary

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #a8ada9
  3. #a8abad

Analogous

  1. #ada8ab
  2. #ada8a9
  3. #ada9a8

Triadic

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #a9ada8
  3. #a8a9ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #adaca8
  3. #a8adac
  4. #a8a9ad

Square

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #abada8
  3. #a8adac
  4. #a9a8ad

Monochromatic

  1. #615b5c
  2. #888182
  3. #ada8a9
  4. #d2cfd0
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#ada8a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #9c9798
  3. #8a8687
  4. #797676
  5. #686565
  6. #575455
  7. #454344
  8. #343233
  9. #232222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada8a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #b5b1b2
  3. #bdb9ba
  4. #c6c2c3
  5. #cecbcb
  6. #d6d4d4
  7. #dedcdd
  8. #e6e5e5
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada8a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada8a9
  2. #a9a4a5
  3. #a4a0a1
  4. #a09c9d
  5. #9b9899
  6. #979495
  7. #929090
  8. #8e8c8c
  9. #898888
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba9a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a9a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa9a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea8a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa8a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba9a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea8a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada8a9 {
  color: #ada8a9;
}
Background
.bg-ada8a9 {
  background-color: #ada8a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada8a9 {
  border: 2px solid #ada8a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada8a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 168 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 3% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada8a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada8a9, #ada9a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada8a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 168 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.78 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.78 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.84 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.47 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.11 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.26 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.26 #525756 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada8a9  rgb(173, 168, 169)  hsl(348, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a8adac  rgb(168, 173, 172)  hsl(168, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9ada8  rgb(169, 173, 168)  hsl(108, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a8a9ad  rgb(168, 169, 173)  hsl(228, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray