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#AFA9AB

#afa9ab ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afa9ab is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 66.27% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 2.29% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 340°, with 3.61% 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 9.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4043

Complementary

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #a9afad

Split complementary

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #a9afaa
  3. #a9aeaf

Analogous

  1. #afa9ae
  2. #afa9ab
  3. #afaaa9

Triadic

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #abafa9
  3. #a9abaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #afada9
  3. #a9afad
  4. #a9abaf

Square

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #aeafa9
  3. #a9afad
  4. #aaa9af

Monochromatic

  1. #635c5e
  2. #8a8184
  3. #afa9ab
  4. #d4d1d2
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#afa9ab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #9e989a
  3. #8c8789
  4. #7b7678
  5. #696567
  6. #585556
  7. #464444
  8. #353333
  9. #232222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa9ab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #b7b2b3
  3. #bfbabc
  4. #c7c3c4
  5. #cfcbcd
  6. #d7d4d5
  7. #dfdddd
  8. #e7e5e6
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa9ab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa9ab
  2. #aaa5a7
  3. #a6a1a2
  4. #a19d9e
  5. #9c999a
  6. #989596
  7. #939091
  8. #8e8c8d
  9. #898889
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaaab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaaaab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ababab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a9aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaaab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acaaab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a9aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa9ab {
  color: #afa9ab;
}
Background
.bg-afa9ab {
  background-color: #afa9ab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa9ab {
  border: 2px solid #afa9ab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa9ab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 169 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 340 4% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa9ab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa9ab, #afaaa9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa9ab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 169 171 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.51 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.51 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.83 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.90 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.55 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.02 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.10 #505654 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afa9ab  rgb(175, 169, 171)  hsl(340, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9afad  rgb(169, 175, 173)  hsl(160, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#abafa9  rgb(171, 175, 169)  hsl(100, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9abaf  rgb(169, 171, 175)  hsl(220, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray