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.
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.
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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.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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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
<span style="color: #a8a9ad;">The color of this text is #a8a9ad.</span>
#a8a9ad Background Color
<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
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a8a9ad;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a8a9ad.</span>
#a8a9ad Border Color
<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
<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
<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
<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
<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 |
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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
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.