Colour

#AEB8BD

#AEB8BD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#AEB8BD is a blue with RGB values 174, 184, 189 and HSL 200°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEB8BD#AEB8BD

HEX#AEB8BD

RGBrgb(174, 184, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7216, 0.7412

RGB percentages68.2%, 72.2%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(200, 10.2%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 7.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK7.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,450,557

CSS custom property--colour: #AEB8BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#514742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B7BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3B6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AAB9B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.7 Dark grey · ΔE 6.7 Light grey · ΔE 11.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BDB3AE

Analogous#AEBDBB, #AEB0BD

Triadic#BDAEB8, #B8BDAE

Split complementary#BDAEB1, #BDBBAE

Tetradic#BBAEBD, #BDB3AE, #B0BDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6E9EB

Lighter +10%#CAD1D4

Darker −10%#929FA6

Darker −20%#76878F

Darker −30%#5E6D74

Darker −40%#475258

More saturated +25%#9CBECF

Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R174

G184

B189

Red174 (68.2%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)10.2%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G B8 · B BD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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