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#ADA28E

#ada28e ≈ Dark Gray

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada28e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 63.53% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.36% magenta, 17.92% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 38.71°, with 15.9% saturation and 61.76% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.54.

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Relative luminance0.3668

Complementary

  1. #ada28e
  2. #8e99ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada28e
  2. #8ea8ad
  3. #928ead

Analogous

  1. #ad928e
  2. #ada28e
  3. #a8ad8e

Triadic

  1. #ada28e
  2. #8eada2
  3. #a28ead

Tetradic

  1. #ada28e
  2. #99ad8e
  3. #8e99ad
  4. #a28ead

Square

  1. #ada28e
  2. #8ead92
  3. #8e99ad
  4. #ad8ea8

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5544
  2. #8a7d64
  3. #ada28e
  4. #cdc6ba
  5. #edebe7

Shades

#ada28e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada28e
  2. #9c9280
  3. #8a8272
  4. #797163
  5. #686155
  6. #575147
  7. #454139
  8. #34312b
  9. #23201c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada28e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada28e
  2. #b5ab99
  3. #bdb5a5
  4. #c6beb0
  5. #cec7bb
  6. #d6d1c7
  7. #dedad2
  8. #e6e3dd
  9. #efece8
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada28e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada28e
  2. #a99f8d
  3. #a49b8b
  4. #a0988a
  5. #9b9488
  6. #979187
  7. #928e86
  8. #8e8a84
  9. #898783
  10. #858381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a39b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a18d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa48f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39e9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa28d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba38e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a097 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada28e {
  color: #ada28e;
}
Background
.bg-ada28e {
  background-color: #ada28e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada28e {
  border: 2px solid #ada28e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada28e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 162 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 39 16% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada28e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada28e, #a8ad8e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada28e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 162 142 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.54 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.54 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.78 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.98 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.68 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.03 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 12.34 #525d71 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada28e  rgb(173, 162, 142)  hsl(39, 16%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#8e99ad  rgb(142, 153, 173)  hsl(219, 16%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#8eada2  rgb(142, 173, 162)  hsl(159, 16%, 62%)  Opal
#a28ead  rgb(162, 142, 173)  hsl(279, 16%, 62%)  Pastel Purple