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#AEACAA

#aeacaa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aeacaa 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, 67.45% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.15% magenta, 2.3% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 30°, with 2.41% saturation and 67.45% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 1.63.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4141

Complementary

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #aaacae

Split complementary

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #aaaeae
  3. #aaaaae

Analogous

  1. #aeaaaa
  2. #aeacaa
  3. #aeaeaa

Triadic

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #aaaeac
  3. #acaaae

Tetradic

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #acaeaa
  3. #aaacae
  4. #acaaae

Square

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #aaaeaa
  3. #aaacae
  4. #aeaaae

Monochromatic

  1. #625f5d
  2. #898683
  3. #aeacaa
  4. #d3d2d1
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#aeacaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #9d9b99
  3. #8b8a88
  4. #7a7877
  5. #686766
  6. #575655
  7. #464544
  8. #343433
  9. #232222
  10. #111111
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeacaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #b6b4b3
  3. #bebdbb
  4. #c6c5c4
  5. #cecdcc
  6. #d7d6d5
  7. #dfdedd
  8. #e7e6e6
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeacaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeacaa
  2. #a9a8a6
  3. #a5a3a2
  4. #a09f9d
  5. #9c9a99
  6. #979695
  7. #929291
  8. #8e8d8d
  9. #898988
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adacab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adacaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adacaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afacab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adacaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeacaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afacab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeacaa {
  color: #aeacaa;
}
Background
.bg-aeacaa {
  background-color: #aeacaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeacaa {
  border: 2px solid #aeacaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeacaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 172 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 2% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeacaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeacaa, #aeaeaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeacaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 172 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 1.63 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 1.63 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.51 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.93 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.07 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.11 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.11 #515355 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aeacaa  rgb(174, 172, 170)  hsl(30, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaacae  rgb(170, 172, 174)  hsl(210, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aaaeac  rgb(170, 174, 172)  hsl(150, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#acaaae  rgb(172, 170, 174)  hsl(270, 2%, 67%)  Dark Gray