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Colour

#B5B2BC

  • #B5B2BC
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B5B2BC is a grey with RGB values 181, 178, 188 and HSL 258°, 7%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B5B2BC#B5B2BC
HEX#B5B2BC
RGBrgb(181, 178, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.698, 0.7373
RGB percentages71%, 69.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(258, 6.9%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 5.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK3.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,907,772
CSS custom property--colour: #B5B2BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#4A4D43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B3BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B3BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B4B3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.8Silver · ΔE 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 12.7Thistle · ΔE 13.2Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9BCB2
Analogous#B2B4BC, #BAB2BC
Triadic#BCB5B2, #B2BCB5
Split complementary#BCBAB2, #B4BCB2
Tetradic#BCB2B4, #B9BCB2, #B2BCBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E9EB
Lighter +10%#CFCDD4
Darker −10%#9B97A4
Darker −20%#817B8D
Darker −30%#686372
Darker −40%#4F4B57
More saturated +25%#AEA0CE
Less saturated −25%#B7B7B7

Channel breakdown

R181
G178
B188
Red181 (71%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue258°
Saturation (HSL)6.94%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G B2 · B BC

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