Information about #A09994 color

#A09994 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A09994 falls into the Orange Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(160, 153, 148) — 62.7% red, 60% green, 58% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 3 / 5 / 37. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A quiet, subdued grey, #A09994 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Imagine (#A39894). Nearby in the Register you will also find Iron (#A19D94) and Triple Rakaia (#A19A98).

In RGB terms — rgb(160, 153, 148) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.8:1. No one has named #A09994 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A09994 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A09994 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A09994

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Imagine color link
Imagine

#A39894

Iron color link
Iron

#A19D94

Tonto color link
Tonto

#9F9596

Asteroid color link
Asteroid

#A59692

Rockbottom color link
Rockbottom

#A29A8E

Archive Grey color link
Archive Grey

#9A9991

Delta color link
Delta

#999B95

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A09994
  • RGB160, 153, 148
  • CMYK0, 3, 5, 37
  • CSSrgb(160, 153, 148)
  • HSL25°, 6%, 60%
  • HSL Precise25°, 5.941%, 60.392%
  • HSV25°, 7%, 63%
  • HSB25°, 7%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.580
  • GLSLvec3(0.627, 0.600, 0.580)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.627, 0.600, 0.580, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.627, 0.600, 0.580)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA09994
  • DECIMAL ID10525076
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01