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#afaaad ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afaaad 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 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.86% magenta, 1.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 324°, 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.42.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4088

Complementary

  1. #afaaad
  2. #aaafac

Split complementary

  1. #afaaad
  2. #abafaa
  3. #aaafaf

Analogous

  1. #afaaaf
  2. #afaaad
  3. #afaaab

Triadic

  1. #afaaad
  2. #adafaa
  3. #aaadaf

Tetradic

  1. #afaaad
  2. #afacaa
  3. #aaafac
  4. #aaadaf

Square

  1. #afaaad
  2. #afafaa
  3. #aaafac
  4. #aaabaf

Monochromatic

  1. #635d61
  2. #8a8387
  3. #afaaad
  4. #d4d1d3
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#afaaad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaaad
  2. #9e999c
  3. #8c888a
  4. #7b7779
  5. #696668
  6. #585557
  7. #464445
  8. #353334
  9. #232223
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaaad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaaad
  2. #b7b3b5
  3. #bfbbbd
  4. #c7c4c6
  5. #cfccce
  6. #d7d5d6
  7. #dfddde
  8. #e7e6e6
  9. #efeeef
  10. #f7f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaaad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaaad
  2. #aaa6a9
  3. #a6a2a4
  4. #a19da0
  5. #9c999b
  6. #989597
  7. #939192
  8. #8e8d8e
  9. #898889
  10. #858485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adabac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaabad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abacad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0aaab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acabad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adabad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afaaac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaaad {
  color: #afaaad;
}
Background
.bg-afaaad {
  background-color: #afaaad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaaad {
  border: 2px solid #afaaad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaaad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 324 3% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaaad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaaad, #afaaab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaaad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 173 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.42 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.42 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.55 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.29 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.57 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.83 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.83 #505552 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afaaad  rgb(175, 170, 173)  hsl(324, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aaafac  rgb(170, 175, 172)  hsl(144, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#adafaa  rgb(173, 175, 170)  hsl(84, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#aaadaf  rgb(170, 173, 175)  hsl(204, 3%, 68%)  Dark Gray