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Recognised as Colour

#AEB6B4

  • #AEB6B4
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEB6B4 is a grey with RGB values 174, 182, 180 and HSL 165°, 5%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEB6B4#AEB6B4
HEX#AEB6B4
RGBrgb(174, 182, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7137, 0.7059
RGB percentages68.2%, 71.4%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(165, 5.2%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 4.4%, 71.4%)
CMYK4.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,036
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB6B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#51494B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B5B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B4B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB6B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.2Silver · ΔE 5.4Light grey · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Light blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6AEB0
Analogous#AEB6B0, #AEB4B6
Triadic#B4AEB6, #B6B4AE
Split complementary#B6AEB4, #B6B0AE
Tetradic#B0AEB6, #B6AEB0, #B4B6AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E6E6
Lighter +10%#C9CECD
Darker −10%#939E9B
Darker −20%#788682
Darker −30%#606B68
Darker −40%#48504E
More saturated +25%#9BC9BE
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R174
G182
B180
Red174 (68.2%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)5.19%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B6 · B B4

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