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Recognised as Colour

#AEA6B1

  • #AEA6B1
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEA6B1 is a grey with RGB values 174, 166, 177 and HSL 284°, 7%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEA6B1#AEA6B1
HEX#AEA6B1
RGBrgb(174, 166, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.651, 0.6941
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.1%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(283.6, 6.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 6.2%, 69.4%)
CMYK1.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,445,937
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA6B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#51594E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A8B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A9B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AEA7A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.8Silver · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Light grey · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B1A6
Analogous#A9A6B1, #B1A6AF
Triadic#B1AEA6, #A6B1AE
Split complementary#AFB1A6, #A6B1A9
Tetradic#B1A9A6, #A9B1A6, #A6AFB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F8F8
Lighter +20%#DFDCE1
Lighter +10%#C7C1C9
Darker −10%#958B99
Darker −20%#7C7180
Darker −30%#625965
Darker −40%#48414A
More saturated +25%#B791C6
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R174
G166
B177
Red174 (68.2%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)6.59%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G A6 · B B1

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