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Recognised as Colour

#AFB1B9

  • #AFB1B9
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFB1B9 is a grey with RGB values 175, 177, 185 and HSL 228°, 7%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AFB1B9#AFB1B9
HEX#AFB1B9
RGBrgb(175, 177, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6941, 0.7255
RGB percentages68.6%, 69.4%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(228, 6.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 5.4%, 72.5%)
CMYK5.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,514,297
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB1B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#504E46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB2B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB1B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ADB2B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.3Silver · ΔE 7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Light grey · ΔE 13.1Thistle · ΔE 15.4Gainsboro · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9B7AF
Analogous#AFB6B9, #B2AFB9
Triadic#B9AFB1, #B1B9AF
Split complementary#B9B2AF, #B6B9AF
Tetradic#B9AFB6, #B9B7AF, #AFB9B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E6E9
Lighter +10%#CACCD1
Darker −10%#9496A1
Darker −20%#797C89
Darker −30%#61636E
Darker −40%#494B53
More saturated +25%#9CA6CC
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R175
G177
B185
Red175 (68.6%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)6.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B1 · B B9

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