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#AFA9B0

#afa9b0 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afa9b0 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 69.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.57% cyan, 3.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.98% black. Its hue angle is 291.43°, with 4.24% saturation and 67.65% 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 5.23.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4062

Complementary

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #aab0a9

Split complementary

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #aeb0a9
  3. #a9b0ac

Analogous

  1. #aca9b0
  2. #afa9b0
  3. #b0a9ae

Triadic

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #b0afa9
  3. #a9b0af

Tetradic

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #b0a9aa
  3. #aab0a9
  4. #a9b0af

Square

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #b0aca9
  3. #aab0a9
  4. #a9aeb0

Monochromatic

  1. #635c64
  2. #8a818b
  3. #afa9b0
  4. #d4d1d5
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#afa9b0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #9e989e
  3. #8c878d
  4. #7b767b
  5. #69656a
  6. #585558
  7. #464446
  8. #353335
  9. #232223
  10. #121112
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa9b0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #b7b2b8
  3. #bfbac0
  4. #c7c3c8
  5. #cfcbd0
  6. #d7d4d8
  7. #dfdddf
  8. #e7e5e7
  9. #efeeef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa9b0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa9b0
  2. #aaa5ab
  3. #a6a1a6
  4. #a19da2
  5. #9c999d
  6. #989598
  7. #939093
  8. #8e8c8e
  9. #89888a
  10. #858485
  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 #adaaad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8aab0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaabb0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afaaab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaab0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acaab0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa9ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa9b0 {
  color: #afa9b0;
}
Background
.bg-afa9b0 {
  background-color: #afa9b0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa9b0 {
  border: 2px solid #afa9b0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa9b0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 169 176;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 4% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa9b0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa9b0, #b0a9ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa9b0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 169 176 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.23 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.23 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.37 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.77 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.04 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.81 #50564f Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afa9b0  rgb(175, 169, 176)  hsl(291, 4%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aab0a9  rgb(170, 176, 169)  hsl(111, 4%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#b0afa9  rgb(176, 175, 169)  hsl(51, 4%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#a9b0af  rgb(169, 176, 175)  hsl(171, 4%, 68%)  Dark Gray