#a9a9a9 Color Information

#a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9. In RGB, it consists of 66.3% Red, 66.3% Green, and 66.3% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.7% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 0.0°, with saturation of 0% and lightness of 66.3%. The decimal value for #a9a9a9 is 11119017, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999999. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a9a9a9 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#a9a9a9 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color169, 169, 169 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color66.3%, 66.3%, 66.3% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.337, 0.337, 0.337 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0, 0, 0.337 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color0.0°, 0.0%, 66.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color0.0°, 0.0%, 66.3% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color37.712, 39.675, 43.207 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color169, 169, 169 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11119017 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color69.238, 0.004, -0.008 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)69.238, 0.009, 297.598 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color69.238, 0.001, -0.012 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color62.988, -3.361, 3.422 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.313, 0.329, 39.675 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289309097 / 0xffa9a9a9 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#999999 Copy
Last Updated: March 18, 2024

Shades of #a9a9a9

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a9a9a9, its pure hue is 0.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 0.0%, and its lightness is 66.3%. 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 #a9a9a9, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #151515 to #949494.

Tints of #a9a9a9

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a9a9a9, its pure hue is 0.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 0.0%, and its lightness is 66.3%. 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 #a9a9a9, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b4b4b4 to #f4f4f4.

Tones of #a9a9a9

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a9a9a9, its pure hue is 0.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 0.0%, 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 #a9a9a9, which range from #a9a9a9 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff5353 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a9a9a9

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a9a9a9! For #a9a9a9, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 0 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 1 unique colors including our original color, #a9a9a9. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a9a9a9

This color, #a9a9a9, consists of 66.3% Red, 66.3% Green, and 66.3% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 169, Green = 169, Blue = 169. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a9a9a9 is 0% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.7% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R66.3%
C0.0%
G66.3%
M0.0%
B66.3%
Y0.0%
K33.7%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 169 169 169
Octal 251 251 251
Hexa #a9 #a9 #a9
Binary 10101001 10101001 10101001
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 0 0 33
Octal 0 0 0 41
Hexa #00 #00 #00 #21
Binary 00000000 00000000 00000000 00100001

Analogous Colors of #a9a9a9

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a9a9a9 — which has hue 0.0° — its analogous colors are located at 0.0° and 330.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a9a9a9.

Triadic Colors of #a9a9a9

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 #a9a9a9 — which has hue 0.0° — its triadic colors are located at 0.0° and 240.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a9a9a9.

Complementary Color of #a9a9a9

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a9a9a9 — which has hue 0.0° — its complementary color is located at 180.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a9a9a9.

Split Complementary Colors of #a9a9a9

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 #a9a9a9 — which has hue 0.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 0.0° and 210.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a9a9a9.

Tetradic Colors of #a9a9a9

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 #a9a9a9 — which has hue 0.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 270.0°, 0.0°, 90.0°, and 180.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a9a9a9.

Monochromatic Colors of #a9a9a9

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a9a9a9, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #7e7e7e — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d4d4d4 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a9a9a9

We want to make getting started with #a9a9a9 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a9a9a9 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9 with other HTML elements.

#a9a9a9 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a9a9a9.
<span style="color: #a9a9a9;">The color of this text is #a9a9a9.</span>

#a9a9a9 Background Color

The background color for this text is #a9a9a9.
<div style="background-color: #a9a9a9; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a9a9a9.</div>

#a9a9a9 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a9a9a9.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a9a9a9;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a9a9a9.</span>

#a9a9a9 Border Color

This is a div with border color #a9a9a9.
<div style="border: #a9a9a9 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a9a9a9.</div>

#a9a9a9 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a9a9a9 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a9a9a9; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a9a9a9 on a white background.</div></div>

#a9a9a9 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a9a9a9 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a9a9a9; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a9a9a9 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a9a9a9 to White

This is a gradient from #a9a9a9 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a9a9a9,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a9a9a9 to white.</div>

Gradient from #a9a9a9 to Black

This is a gradient from #a9a9a9 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a9a9a9,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a9a9a9,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a9a9a9 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a9a9a9

In addition to using #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a9a9a9, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 169, Green = 169, Blue = 169). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(169, 169, 169)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a9a9a9; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a9a9a9; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a9a9a9; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(169, 169, 169);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a9a9a9")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:169, green:169, blue:169, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:169 green:169 blue:169 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(169f, 169f, 169f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(169, 169, 169);
 

#a9a9a9 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a9a9a9 the same way. For those with color blindness, #a9a9a9 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a9a9a9 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9 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 #a9a9a9 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 2.4:1 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
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WCAG AAA
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