Information about #A0959B color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A0959B is a softly muted balanced grey tone that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Vita Strada (#A1949D). Slightly further away sit Quarter Sidewinder (#9C979B) and Tonto (#9F9596).
In RGB terms — rgb(160, 149, 155) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A0959B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A0959B color variations
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#A0959B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A0959B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A0959B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A0959B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A0959B 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 #A0959B color
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Nearest named colors to #A0959B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A1949D
#9C979B
#9F9596
#A19A98
#9F9B9D
#A39894
#989898
#9A9C9E
#A09F9C
#999C9D
#A59692
#9D9F9A
#A0959B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A0959B
- RGB160, 149, 155
- CMYK0, 4, 2, 37
- CSSrgb(160, 149, 155)
- HSL327°, 5%, 61%
- HSL Precise327.273°, 5.473%, 60.588%
- HSV327°, 7%, 63%
- HSB327°, 7%, 63%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.608
- GLSLvec3(0.627, 0.584, 0.608)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.627, 0.584, 0.608, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.627, 0.584, 0.608)
- Percentage of Red in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60.8%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA0959B
- DECIMAL ID10524059
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
