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Recognised as Colour

#B0AEBC

  • #B0AEBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B0AEBC is a blue with RGB values 176, 174, 188 and HSL 249°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B0AEBC#B0AEBC
HEX#B0AEBC
RGBrgb(176, 174, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6824, 0.7373
RGB percentages69%, 68.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(248.6, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK6.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,579,068
CSS custom property--colour: #B0AEBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#4F5143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB0BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABAFBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AEB0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8Silver · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Thistle · ΔE 13.1Light grey · ΔE 15Light slate grey · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BABCAE
Analogous#AEB3BC, #B7AEBC
Triadic#BCB0AE, #AEBCB0
Split complementary#BCB7AE, #B3BCAE
Tetradic#BCAEB3, #BABCAE, #AEBCB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E6EA
Lighter +10%#CBCAD3
Darker −10%#9592A5
Darker −20%#7A768E
Darker −30%#615F72
Darker −40%#4A4856
More saturated +25%#A39CCF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R176
G174
B188
Red176 (69%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue248.57°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G AE · B BC

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