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Colour

#A09A8A

  • #A09A8A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A09A8A is a orange with RGB values 160, 154, 138 and HSL 44°, 10%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A09A8A#A09A8A
HEX#A09A8A
RGBrgb(160, 154, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6039, 0.5412
RGB percentages62.7%, 60.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(43.6, 10.4%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.6, 13.8%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 13.8%, 37.3%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,525,322
CSS custom property--colour: #A09A8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#5F6575

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#9E9989no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A09B8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A49795no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#8A90A0
Analogous#A08F8A, #9BA08A
Triadic#8AA09A, #9A8AA0
Split complementary#8A9BA0, #8F8AA0
Tetradic#8AA08F, #8A90A0, #A08A9B

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FBFBFB
Lighter +30%#E5E3DE
Lighter +20%#CECBC2
Lighter +10%#B7B2A6
Darker −10%#88816F
Darker −20%#6C6758
Darker −30%#504C41
Darker −40%#34312A
More saturated +25%#BBA66F
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R160
G154
B138
Red160 (62.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue43.64°
Saturation (HSL)10.38%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 9A · B 8A

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