Information about #A9AAA1 color

#A9AAA1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #A9AAA1 belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(169, 170, 161) (66.3% red, 66.7% green, 63.1% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 4 / 33 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #A9AAA1 floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Quarter Friar Grey (#A9A7A0). Nearby in the Register you will also find Atmosphere (#A8AAA6) and Rustic Gray (#A6ABA5).

In RGB terms — rgb(169, 170, 161) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A9AAA1 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. #A9AAA1 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#A9AAA1 color variations

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

#A9AAA1 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 #A9AAA1

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A9AAA1
  • RGB169, 170, 161
  • CMYK0, 0, 4, 33
  • CSSrgb(169, 170, 161)
  • HSL67°, 5%, 65%
  • HSL Precise66.667°, 5.028%, 64.902%
  • HSV67°, 5%, 67%
  • HSB67°, 5%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.667, 0.631)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.667, 0.631, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.667, 0.631)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB63.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA9AAA1
  • DECIMAL ID11119265
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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