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#AFABA9

#afaba9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afaba9 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, 67.06% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.29% magenta, 3.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 20°, 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.24.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.411

Complementary

  1. #afaba9
  2. #a9adaf

Split complementary

  1. #afaba9
  2. #a9afae
  3. #a9aaaf

Analogous

  1. #afa9aa
  2. #afaba9
  3. #afaea9

Triadic

  1. #afaba9
  2. #a9afab
  3. #aba9af

Tetradic

  1. #afaba9
  2. #adafa9
  3. #a9adaf
  4. #aba9af

Square

  1. #afaba9
  2. #aaafa9
  3. #a9adaf
  4. #aea9af

Monochromatic

  1. #635e5c
  2. #8a8481
  3. #afaba9
  4. #d4d2d1
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#afaba9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaba9
  2. #9e9a98
  3. #8c8987
  4. #7b7876
  5. #696765
  6. #585655
  7. #464444
  8. #353333
  9. #232222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaba9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaba9
  2. #b7b3b2
  3. #bfbcba
  4. #c7c4c3
  5. #cfcdcb
  6. #d7d5d4
  7. #dfdddd
  8. #e7e6e5
  9. #efeeee
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaba9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaba9
  2. #aaa7a5
  3. #a6a2a1
  4. #a19e9d
  5. #9c9a99
  6. #989695
  7. #939190
  8. #8e8d8c
  9. #898988
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adabab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acaba9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adaca9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0aaaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaba9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeaca9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0abaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaba9 {
  color: #afaba9;
}
Background
.bg-afaba9 {
  background-color: #afaba9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaba9 {
  border: 2px solid #afaba9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaba9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 171 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 20 4% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaba9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaba9, #afaea9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaba9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 171 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.24 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.24 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.89 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.08 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.06 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.39 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.39 #505456 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afaba9  rgb(175, 171, 169)  hsl(20, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9adaf  rgb(169, 173, 175)  hsl(200, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a9afab  rgb(169, 175, 171)  hsl(140, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#aba9af  rgb(171, 169, 175)  hsl(260, 4%, 67%)  Dark Gray