What color is #A9B4A9?

#A9B4A9 is a gray known as Alpine Air. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Alpine Air?

The RGB value is 169, 180, 169: 169 red, 180 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Alpine Air?

The complementary color is #B4A9B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A9B4A9?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 and white text 2.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Alpine Air color: hex code #A9B4A9

#A9B4A9 rgb(169, 180, 169)

Shades of gray

Alpine Air has the hex code #A9B4A9. It is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 66.3% red, 70.6% green and 66.3% blue (169, 180, 169).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 7% saturation and 68% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 29% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.79:1).

Alpine Air (#A9B4A9) color codes

HEX	`#A9B4A9`
RGB	`rgb(169, 180, 169)`
RGB percent	`rgb(66.3%, 70.6%, 66.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 7%, 68%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 6%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(72.19, -5.92, 4.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(72.19, 7.31, 144.1)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(39.844, 43.942, 43.911)`
Decimal	`11121833`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Alpine Air, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #A9B4A9	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.79:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.15:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A9B4A9 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.15:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.79:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #A9B4A9 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a9b4a9; }
.text { color: #a9b4a9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9b4a9; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(169 180 169 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a9b4a9, #a9b4af); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #A9B4A9 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #A9B4A9?: #A9B4A9 is a gray known as Alpine Air. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Alpine Air?: The RGB value is 169, 180, 169: 169 red, 180 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Alpine Air?: The complementary color is #B4A9B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A9B4A9?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 and white text 2.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.