#a8a9ad Color Information

#a8a9ad Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a8a9ad, and its official name is Chrome Aluminum. In RGB, it consists of 65.9% Red, 66.3% Green, and 67.8% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 2.9% Cyan, 2.3% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 32.2% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 228.0°, with saturation of 3% and lightness of 66.9%. The decimal value for #a8a9ad is 11053485, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999999. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a8a9ad is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#a8a9ad Copy
  • NameThe common name of this colorChrome Aluminum Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color168, 169, 173 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color65.9%, 66.3%, 67.8% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.341, 0.337, 0.322 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.029, 0.023, 0, 0.322 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color228.0°, 3.0%, 66.9% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color228.0°, 2.9%, 67.8% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color37.879, 39.718, 45.205 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color168, 169, 173 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11053485 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color69.268, 0.417, -2.187 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)69.268, 2.226, 280.785 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color69.268, -0.789, -3.292 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color63.022, -3.002, 1.588 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.308, 0.323, 39.718 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289243565 / 0xffa8a9ad Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#999999 Copy
Last Updated: November 6, 2024

Shades of #a8a9ad

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a8a9ad, its pure hue is 228.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.0%, and its lightness is 66.9%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a8a9ad, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #151516 to #939497.

Tints of #a8a9ad

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a8a9ad, its pure hue is 228.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.0%, and its lightness is 66.9%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a8a9ad, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b3b4b7 to #f4f4f5.

Tones of #a8a9ad

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a8a9ad, its pure hue is 228.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a8a9ad, which range from #ababab (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #5678ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a8a9ad

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a8a9ad! For #a8a9ad, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a8a9ad. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a8a9ad

This color, #a8a9ad, consists of 65.9% Red, 66.3% Green, and 67.8% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 168, Green = 169, Blue = 173. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a8a9ad is 2.9% Cyan, 2.3% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 32.2% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R65.9%
C2.9%
G66.3%
M2.3%
B67.8%
Y0.0%
K32.2%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 168 169 173
Octal 250 251 255
Hexa #a8 #a9 #ad
Binary 10101000 10101001 10101101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 2 2 0 32
Octal 2 2 0 40
Hexa #02 #02 #00 #20
Binary 00000010 00000010 00000000 00100000

Analogous Colors of #a8a9ad

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a8a9ad — which has hue 228.0° — its analogous colors are located at 198.0° and 258.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a8a9ad.

Triadic Colors of #a8a9ad

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a8a9ad — which has hue 228.0° — its triadic colors are located at 108.0° and 348.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a8a9ad.

Complementary Color of #a8a9ad

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a8a9ad — which has hue 228.0° — its complementary color is located at 48.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a8a9ad.

Split Complementary Colors of #a8a9ad

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a8a9ad — which has hue 228.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 18.0° and 228.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a8a9ad.

Tetradic Colors of #a8a9ad

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a8a9ad — which has hue 228.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 138.0°, 228.0°, 318.0°, and 48.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a8a9ad.

Monochromatic Colors of #a8a9ad

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a8a9ad, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #7e7f82 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d3d4d7 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a8a9ad

We want to make getting started with #a8a9ad on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a8a9ad into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a8a9ad can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a8a9ad with other HTML elements.

#a8a9ad Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a8a9ad.
<span style="color: #a8a9ad;">The color of this text is #a8a9ad.</span>

#a8a9ad Background Color

The background color for this text is #a8a9ad.
<div style="background-color: #a8a9ad; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a8a9ad.</div>

#a8a9ad Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a8a9ad.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a8a9ad;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a8a9ad.</span>

#a8a9ad Border Color

This is a div with border color #a8a9ad.
<div style="border: #a8a9ad 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a8a9ad.</div>

#a8a9ad Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a8a9ad on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a8a9ad; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a8a9ad on a white background.</div></div>

#a8a9ad Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a8a9ad on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a8a9ad; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a8a9ad on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a8a9ad to White

This is a gradient from #a8a9ad to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a8a9ad,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a8a9ad to white.</div>

Gradient from #a8a9ad to Black

This is a gradient from #a8a9ad to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a8a9ad,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a8a9ad,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a8a9ad to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a8a9ad

In addition to using #a8a9ad on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a8a9ad in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a8a9ad, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 168, Green = 169, Blue = 173). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a8a9ad in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a8a9ad
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(168, 169, 173)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a8a9ad; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a8a9ad; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a8a9ad; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(168, 169, 173);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a8a9ad")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:168, green:169, blue:173, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:168 green:169 blue:173 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(168f, 169f, 173f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(168, 169, 173);
 

#a8a9ad Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a8a9ad the same way. For those with color blindness, #a8a9ad might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a8a9ad looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a8a9ad is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a8a9ad looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a8a9ad will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a8a9ad is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.3:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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