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#afaaaa ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afaaaa 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 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.86% magenta, 2.86% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 3.03% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.66.

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Relative luminance0.4077

Complementary

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #aaafaf

Split complementary

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #aaafad
  3. #aaadaf

Analogous

  1. #afaaad
  2. #afaaaa
  3. #afadaa

Triadic

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #aaafaa
  3. #aaaaaf

Tetradic

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #afafaa
  3. #aaafaf
  4. #aaaaaf

Square

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #adafaa
  3. #aaafaf
  4. #adaaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #635d5d
  2. #8a8383
  3. #afaaaa
  4. #d4d1d1
  5. #f5f4f4

Shades

#afaaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #9e9999
  3. #8c8888
  4. #7b7777
  5. #696666
  6. #585555
  7. #464444
  8. #353333
  9. #232222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #b7b3b3
  3. #bfbbbb
  4. #c7c4c4
  5. #cfcccc
  6. #d7d5d5
  7. #dfdddd
  8. #e7e6e6
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaaaa
  2. #aaa6a6
  3. #a6a2a2
  4. #a19d9d
  5. #9c9999
  6. #989595
  7. #939191
  8. #8e8d8d
  9. #898888
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adabab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ababaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acabaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0aaaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaaaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adabaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0aaaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaaaa {
  color: #afaaaa;
}
Background
.bg-afaaaa {
  background-color: #afaaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaaaa {
  border: 2px solid #afaaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 3% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaaaa, #afadaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.66 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.25 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.35 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.68 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.68 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.75 #505555 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afaaaa  rgb(175, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aaafaf  rgb(170, 175, 175)  hsl(180, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aaafaa  rgb(170, 175, 170)  hsl(120, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aaaaaf  rgb(170, 170, 175)  hsl(240, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray