Colour

#B5B7B8

#B5B7B8
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#B5B7B8 is a grey with RGB values 181, 183, 184 and HSL 200°, 2%, 72%. 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

#B5B7B8#B5B7B8

HEX#B5B7B8

RGBrgb(181, 183, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7176, 0.7216

RGB percentages71%, 71.8%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(200, 2.1%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 1.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK1.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,909,048

CSS custom property--colour: #B5B7B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1

Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#4A4847

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6B7B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B6B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B4B7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 3.5 Dark grey · ΔE 5.1 Light grey · ΔE 10.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1 Thistle · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 3.54, a close match

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B8B6B5

Analogous#B5B8B7, #B5B5B8

Triadic#B8B5B7, #B7B8B5

Split complementary#B8B5B5, #B8B7B5

Tetradic#B7B5B8, #B8B6B5, #B5B8B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9EAEA

Lighter +10%#CFD0D1

Darker −10%#9B9E9F

Darker −20%#818486

Darker −30%#686B6C

Darker −40%#4F5152

More saturated +25%#A3BDCA

Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R181

G183

B184

Red181 (71%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)2.07%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G B7 · B B8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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