Information about #A8A09A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted neutral grey, #A8A09A has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Viaduct (#A99F97). Slightly further away sit Nobel (#A99D9D) and Swordfish (#A7A69C).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(168, 160, 154)), which gives #A8A09A its character. On this background, black text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8A09A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A8A09A color variations
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#A8A09A color tints
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#A8A09A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A8A09A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A8A09A color hues
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#A8A09A 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A8A09A color
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Nearest named colors to #A8A09A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A99F97
#A99D9D
#A7A69C
#A8A495
#AA9F94
#AC9B9B
#A5A395
#A3A49C
#A7A69D
#ABA59E
#A8A293
#A59F93
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8A09A
- RGB168, 160, 154
- CMYK0, 3, 5, 34
- CSSrgb(168, 160, 154)
- HSL26°, 7%, 63%
- HSL Precise25.714°, 7.447%, 63.137%
- HSV26°, 8%, 66%
- HSB26°, 8%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.627, 0.604)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.627, 0.604, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.627, 0.604)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA8A09A
- DECIMAL ID11051162
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
