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#B3ACA9

#b3aca9 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b3aca9 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 67.45% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.91% magenta, 5.59% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 18°, with 6.17% saturation and 68.24% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.4195

Complementary

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #a9b0b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #a9b3b1
  3. #a9abb3

Analogous

  1. #b3a9ab
  2. #b3aca9
  3. #b3b1a9

Triadic

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #a9b3ac
  3. #aca9b3

Tetradic

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #b0b3a9
  3. #a9b0b3
  4. #aca9b3

Square

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #abb3a9
  3. #a9b0b3
  4. #b1a9b3

Monochromatic

  1. #685f5b
  2. #8f8580
  3. #b3aca9
  4. #d7d3d2
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#b3aca9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #a19b98
  3. #8f8a87
  4. #7d7876
  5. #6b6765
  6. #5a5655
  7. #484544
  8. #363433
  9. #242222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3aca9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #bbb4b2
  3. #c2bdba
  4. #cac5c3
  5. #d1cdcb
  6. #d9d6d4
  7. #e1dedd
  8. #e8e6e5
  9. #f0eeee
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3aca9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3aca9
  2. #aea8a5
  3. #a9a3a1
  4. #a49f9d
  5. #9f9a99
  6. #9a9695
  7. #949290
  8. #8f8d8c
  9. #8a8988
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0adac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeada9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afaea9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5abab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0aca9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1ada9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4abaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3aca9 {
  color: #b3aca9;
}
Background
.bg-b3aca9 {
  background-color: #b3aca9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3aca9 {
  border: 2px solid #b3aca9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3aca9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 172 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 6% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3aca9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3aca9, #b3b1a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3aca9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 172 169 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 3.72 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 3.72 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.15 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.77 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.34 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.34 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 10.99 #4c5356 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#b3aca9  rgb(179, 172, 169)  hsl(18, 6%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#a9b0b3  rgb(169, 176, 179)  hsl(198, 6%, 68%)  Dark Gray
#a9b3ac  rgb(169, 179, 172)  hsl(138, 6%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#aca9b3  rgb(172, 169, 179)  hsl(258, 6%, 68%)  Dark Gray