Recognised as Colour
#A69899
- #A69899
- Grey
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#A69899 is a grey with RGB values 166, 152, 153 and HSL 356°, 7%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#A69899#A69899
HEX#A69899
RGBrgb(166, 152, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5961, 0.6
RGB percentages65.1%, 59.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(355.7, 7.3%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 8.4%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 7.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,041
CSS custom property--colour: #A69899;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#596766
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#98A6A5
Analogous#A698A0, #A69E98
Triadic#99A698, #9899A6
Split complementary#98A69E, #98A0A6
Tetradic#A0A698, #98A6A5, #9E98A6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G152
B153
Red166 (65.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue355.71°
Saturation (HSL)7.29%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 98 · B 99
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