HEX Color #A8A0B6 (Darkgray)

About #A8A0B6

The precise color #A8A0B6 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkgray. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 160 green, and 182 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 8% cyan and 12% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 261.8° hue, 13.1% saturation, and 67.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8A0B6

RGB168, 160, 182

HSL261.8°, 13.1%, 67.1%

CMYK8%, 12%, 0%, 29%

HSV261.8°, 12.1%, 71.4%

LAB67.2, 7.2, -10.3

XYZ37.2, 36.8, 49.4

Decimal11051190

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8A0B6 #AEB6A0

Analogous

#A0A3B6 #B3A0B6

Triadic

#B6A8A0 #A0B6A8

Tetradic

#B6A0A3 #AEB6A0 #A0B6B3

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8A0B6

#B1AABE

#BBB5C6

#C5BFCE

#CECAD6

#D8D4DE

#E2DFE6

#EBE9EE

#F5F4F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8A0B6

#958EA1

#827C8D

#706A79

#5D5865

#4A4750

#38353C

#252328

#121114

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.51:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.37:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.40:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.11:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8A0B6; }

.text-color { color: #A8A0B6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8A0B6; }

Similar Colors

Darkgray

#A9A9A9