Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#B6A8A6

  • #B6A8A6
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B6A8A6 is a red with RGB values 182, 168, 166 and HSL 7°, 10%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B6A8A6#B6A8A6
HEX#B6A8A6
RGBrgb(182, 168, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6588, 0.651
RGB percentages71.4%, 65.9%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(7.5, 9.9%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.5, 8.8%, 71.4%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 8.8%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,970,726
CSS custom property--colour: #B6A8A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#495759

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA9A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEACA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BAA7A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.5Silver · ΔE 9.5Rosy brown · ΔE 14.4Light grey · ΔE 15.6Gray · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6B4B6
Analogous#B6A6AC, #B6B0A6
Triadic#A6B6A8, #A8A6B6
Split complementary#A6B6B0, #A6ACB6
Tetradic#ACB6A6, #A6B4B6, #B0A6B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFAFA
Lighter +20%#E4DFDE
Lighter +10%#CDC3C2
Darker −10%#9F8D8A
Darker −20%#87726F
Darker −30%#6B5A58
Darker −40%#4F4341
More saturated +25%#CA9992
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R182
G168
B166
Red182 (71.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue7.5°
Saturation (HSL)9.88%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B6 · G A8 · B A6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b6a8a6” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.