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Colour

#B4B2BA

  • #B4B2BA
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B4B2BA is a grey with RGB values 180, 178, 186 and HSL 255°, 5%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B4B2BA#B4B2BA
HEX#B4B2BA
RGBrgb(180, 178, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.698, 0.7294
RGB percentages70.6%, 69.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(255, 5.5%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 4.3%, 72.9%)
CMYK3.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,842,234
CSS custom property--colour: #B4B2BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#4B4D45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B3BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B3BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B3B3B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.8Silver · ΔE 6.5Light grey · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Thistle · ΔE 14.2Gainsboro · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8BAB2
Analogous#B2B4BA, #B8B2BA
Triadic#BAB4B2, #B2BAB4
Split complementary#BAB8B2, #B4BAB2
Tetradic#BAB2B4, #B8BAB2, #B2BAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8E8EA
Lighter +10%#CECDD2
Darker −10%#9A97A2
Darker −20%#807C8A
Darker −30%#67646F
Darker −40%#4E4C54
More saturated +25%#ABA0CC
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R180
G178
B186
Red180 (70.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)5.48%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G B2 · B BA

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