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#AEAAA9

#aeaaa9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aeaaa9 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 66.67% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.3% magenta, 2.87% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 12°, with 2.99% saturation and 67.25% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.09.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4061

Complementary

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #a9adae

Split complementary

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #a9aeac
  3. #a9aaae

Analogous

  1. #aea9aa
  2. #aeaaa9
  3. #aeaca9

Triadic

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #a9aeaa
  3. #aaa9ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #adaea9
  3. #a9adae
  4. #aaa9ae

Square

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #aaaea9
  3. #a9adae
  4. #aca9ae

Monochromatic

  1. #625d5c
  2. #898382
  3. #aeaaa9
  4. #d3d1d0
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#aeaaa9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #9d9998
  3. #8b8887
  4. #7a7776
  5. #686665
  6. #575555
  7. #464444
  8. #343333
  9. #232222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeaaa9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #b6b3b2
  3. #bebbba
  4. #c6c4c3
  5. #cecccb
  6. #d7d5d4
  7. #dfdddd
  8. #e7e6e5
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeaaa9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeaaa9
  2. #a9a6a5
  3. #a5a2a1
  4. #a09d9d
  5. #9c9999
  6. #979595
  7. #929190
  8. #8e8d8c
  9. #898888
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaaaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abaaa9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afaaaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaaa9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adaba9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afaaa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeaaa9 {
  color: #aeaaa9;
}
Background
.bg-aeaaa9 {
  background-color: #aeaaa9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeaaa9 {
  border: 2px solid #aeaaa9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeaaa9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 170 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 3% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeaaa9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeaaa9, #aeaca9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeaaa9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 170 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.09 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.09 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.12 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.96 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.54 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.64 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.64 #515556 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aeaaa9  rgb(174, 170, 169)  hsl(12, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9adae  rgb(169, 173, 174)  hsl(192, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9aeaa  rgb(169, 174, 170)  hsl(132, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaa9ae  rgb(170, 169, 174)  hsl(252, 3%, 67%)  Dark Gray