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#AFAAA8

#afaaa8 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afaaa8 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, 66.67% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.86% magenta, 4% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 17.14°, with 4.19% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4069

Complementary

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #a8adaf

Split complementary

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #a8afad
  3. #a8a9af

Analogous

  1. #afa8a9
  2. #afaaa8
  3. #afada8

Triadic

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #a8afaa
  3. #aaa8af

Tetradic

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #adafa8
  3. #a8adaf
  4. #aaa8af

Square

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #a9afa8
  3. #a8adaf
  4. #ada8af

Monochromatic

  1. #635d5b
  2. #8a8380
  3. #afaaa8
  4. #d4d1d0
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#afaaa8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #9e9997
  3. #8c8886
  4. #7b7776
  5. #696665
  6. #585554
  7. #464443
  8. #353332
  9. #232222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaaa8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #b7b3b1
  3. #bfbbb9
  4. #c7c4c2
  5. #cfcccb
  6. #d7d5d4
  7. #dfdddc
  8. #e7e6e5
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaaa8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaaa8
  2. #aaa6a4
  3. #a6a2a0
  4. #a19d9c
  5. #9c9998
  6. #989594
  7. #939190
  8. #8e8d8c
  9. #898888
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adabaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abaaa8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1a9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaaa8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adaba8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0aaa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaaa8 {
  color: #afaaa8;
}
Background
.bg-afaaa8 {
  background-color: #afaaa8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaaa8 {
  border: 2px solid #afaaa8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaaa8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 17 4% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaaa8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaaa8, #afada8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaaa8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 168 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.60 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.27 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.65 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.69 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.71 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.71 #505557 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afaaa8  rgb(175, 170, 168)  hsl(17, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a8adaf  rgb(168, 173, 175)  hsl(197, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a8afaa  rgb(168, 175, 170)  hsl(137, 4%, 67%)  Ash Gray
#aaa8af  rgb(170, 168, 175)  hsl(257, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray