Information about Hit Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #A1A9A8 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Utata Gray (#A0AAAB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cyanish Grey (#9CA8A8) and Dusty Ash (#A4AEA8).
The recipe behind #A1A9A8 is rgb(161, 169, 168), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #A1A9A8 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. The name "Hit Grey" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Hit Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Hit Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Hit Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Hit Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Hit Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Hit Grey 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 Hit Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Hit Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#A0AAAB
#9CA8A8
#A4AEA8
#A6A6A6
#A6ABA5
#9FA3A7
#9CACA5
#A8AAA6
#A5ADAD
#A8AAAB
#A9A9A9
#A4A8B0
Hit Grey color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A1A9A8
- RGB161, 169, 168
- CMYK3, 0, 0, 34
- CSSrgb(161, 169, 168)
- HSL173°, 4%, 65%
- HSL Precise172.5°, 4.444%, 64.706%
- HSV173°, 5%, 66%
- HSB173°, 5%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.631
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.659
- GLSLvec3(0.631, 0.663, 0.659)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.631, 0.663, 0.659, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.631, 0.663, 0.659)
- Percentage of Red in RGB63.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB65.9%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA1A9A8
- DECIMAL ID10594728
- Name Length8
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