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Recognised as Colour

#AFB9B2

  • #AFB9B2
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFB9B2 is a grey with RGB values 175, 185, 178 and HSL 138°, 7%, 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

#AFB9B2#AFB9B2
HEX#AFB9B2
RGBrgb(175, 185, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7255, 0.698
RGB percentages68.6%, 72.5%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(138, 6.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138, 5.4%, 72.5%)
CMYK5.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,338
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB9B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#50464D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B7B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B6B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AEB9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 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 text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.4Dark grey · ΔE 7.3Light grey · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 17.9Powder blue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9AFB6
Analogous#B1B9AF, #AFB9B7
Triadic#B2AFB9, #B9B2AF
Split complementary#B7AFB9, #B9AFB1
Tetradic#AFB1B9, #B9AFB6, #B9B7AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E9E6
Lighter +10%#CAD1CC
Darker −10%#94A198
Darker −20%#79897E
Darker −30%#616E65
Darker −40%#49534C
More saturated +25%#9CCCAA
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R175
G185
B178
Red175 (68.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue138°
Saturation (HSL)6.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G B9 · B B2

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