#A8A099

A light, muted neutral closely aligning with Darkgray.

About #A8A099

When working with digital screens, the color #A8A099 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkgray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 168, 160, and 153.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 5% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8A099
RGB168, 160, 153
HSL28.0°, 7.9%, 62.9%
CMYK0%, 5%, 9%, 34%
HSV28.0°, 8.9%, 65.9%
LAB66.3, 1.6, 4.7
XYZ34.5, 35.8, 35.2
Decimal11051161

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.58:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.15:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.46:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.93:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8A099; }
.text-color { color: #A8A099; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8A099; }

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Darkgray
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