Information about #ADA9AA color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #ADA9AA reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and 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 almost identical to Subtle Gray (#ADAAA8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Silver Chalice (#ACACAC) and Dark Gray (#A9A9A9).
In RGB terms — rgb(173, 169, 170) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #ADA9AA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. No one has named #ADA9AA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#ADA9AA color variations
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#ADA9AA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#ADA9AA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#ADA9AA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#ADA9AA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#ADA9AA 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 #ADA9AA color
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Nearest named colors to #ADA9AA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#ADAAA8
#ACACAC
#A9A9A9
#A8AAAB
#A8A9AD
#B0ACAE
#AEAEAD
#A8AAA6
#AEB0AA
#A9A5A5
#B1A9B1
#AFADA3
#ADA9AA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#ADA9AA
- RGB173, 169, 170
- CMYK0, 2, 1, 32
- CSSrgb(173, 169, 170)
- HSL345°, 2%, 67%
- HSL Precise345°, 2.381%, 67.059%
- HSV345°, 2%, 68%
- HSB345°, 2%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.663, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.663, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.663, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDADA9AA
- DECIMAL ID11381162
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
