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Dark Gray — #A9A9A9

Also known as: Darkgray, Darkgrey

#A9A9A9, primarily known as Dark Gray (also called Darkgray, Darkgrey), is composed of 66% red, 66% green, and 66% blue in RGB. In CMYK it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow, 34% black. In HSL the hue angle is 0°, saturation 0%, and lightness 66%. The closest web-safe color is #999999.

Closest named match: Dhūsar Grey (#AAAAAA, ΔE 0.37)

Format Value Copy
HEX #A9A9A9
RGB rgb(169, 169, 169)
HSL hsl(0, 0%, 66.3%)
HSV hsv(0, 0%, 66.3%)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 33.7%)
OKLCH oklch(73.48% 0 89.88)
HWB hwb(0 66.3% 33.7%)
LAB lab(69.2% 0 0)
LCH lch(69.2% 0 0)
OKLAB oklab(73.48% 0 0)
XYZ X 37.71 Y 39.68 Z 43.2
Web Safe #999999
RGB Percent 66.3%, 66.3%, 66.3%
Decimal 11119017

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On white

Sample

2.35:1

AA normal ✗ · AA large ✗

On black

Sample

8.94:1

AA normal ✓ · AA large ✓

Protanopia

100% similar

1.3% of men, 0.02% of women

Deuteranopia

100% similar

6% of men, 0.4% of women

Tritanopia

100% similar

0.001% of population

Achromatopsia

100% similar

0.003% of population

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