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#AFADA2

#afada2 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afada2 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, 67.84% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.14% magenta, 7.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 7.51% saturation and 66.08% 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 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4161

Complementary

  1. #afada2
  2. #a2a4af

Split complementary

  1. #afada2
  2. #a2abaf
  3. #a7a2af

Analogous

  1. #afa7a2
  2. #afada2
  3. #abafa2

Triadic

  1. #afada2
  2. #a2afad
  3. #ada2af

Tetradic

  1. #afada2
  2. #a4afa2
  3. #a2a4af
  4. #ada2af

Square

  1. #afada2
  2. #a2afa7
  3. #a2a4af
  4. #afa2ab

Monochromatic

  1. #636155
  2. #8c8979
  3. #afada2
  4. #d2d1cb
  5. #f6f5f4

Shades

#afada2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afada2
  2. #9e9c92
  3. #8c8a82
  4. #7b7971
  5. #696861
  6. #585751
  7. #464541
  8. #353431
  9. #232320
  10. #121110
  11. #000000

Tints

#afada2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afada2
  2. #b7b5ab
  3. #bfbdb5
  4. #c7c6be
  5. #cfcec7
  6. #d7d6d1
  7. #dfdeda
  8. #e7e6e3
  9. #efefec
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afada2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afada2
  2. #aaa99f
  3. #a6a49b
  4. #a1a098
  5. #9c9b94
  6. #989791
  7. #93928e
  8. #8e8e8a
  9. #898987
  10. #858583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeada9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afaca1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0ada2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1abaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afada2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0ada2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0aca7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afada2 {
  color: #afada2;
}
Background
.bg-afada2 {
  background-color: #afada2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afada2 {
  border: 2px solid #afada2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afada2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 173 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 8% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afada2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afada2, #abafa2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afada2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 173 162 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.55 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.55 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.36 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.55 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.31 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.31 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 11.49 #50525d Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afada2  rgb(175, 173, 162)  hsl(51, 8%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a2a4af  rgb(162, 164, 175)  hsl(231, 8%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a2afad  rgb(162, 175, 173)  hsl(171, 8%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#ada2af  rgb(173, 162, 175)  hsl(291, 8%, 66%)  Rose Quartz