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Recognised as Colour

#AEB7BA

  • #AEB7BA
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEB7BA is a grey with RGB values 174, 183, 186 and HSL 195°, 8%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEB7BA#AEB7BA
HEX#AEB7BA
RGBrgb(174, 183, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7176, 0.7294
RGB percentages68.2%, 71.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(195, 8%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 6.5%, 72.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,298
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB7BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#514845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ABB8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.3Dark grey · ΔE 5.8Light grey · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.33, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAB1AE
Analogous#AEBAB7, #AEB1BA
Triadic#BAAEB7, #B7BAAE
Split complementary#BAAEB1, #BAB7AE
Tetradic#B7AEBA, #BAB1AE, #B1BAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E8E9
Lighter +10%#CACFD1
Darker −10%#929FA3
Darker −20%#77868B
Darker −30%#5F6C70
Darker −40%#485154
More saturated +25%#9BC0CD
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R174
G183
B186
Red174 (68.2%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)8%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B7 · B BA

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