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Recognised as Colour

#B8A4AE

  • #B8A4AE
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B8A4AE is a red with RGB values 184, 164, 174 and HSL 330°, 12%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B8A4AE#B8A4AE
HEX#B8A4AE
RGBrgb(184, 164, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.6431, 0.6824
RGB percentages72.2%, 64.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(330, 12.3%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 10.9%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 5.4%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,100,782
CSS custom property--colour: #B8A4AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#475B51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A7AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AAADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BBA4A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 12.6Thistle · ΔE 13.4Rosy brown · ΔE 13.4Light grey · ΔE 17.9Gray · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4B8AE
Analogous#B8A4B8, #B8A4A4
Triadic#AEB8A4, #A4AEB8
Split complementary#A4B8A4, #A4B8B8
Tetradic#B8B8A4, #A4B8AE, #A4A4B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFAFB
Lighter +20%#E5DDE1
Lighter +10%#CEC1C8
Darker −10%#A28795
Darker −20%#8A6C7B
Darker −30%#6E5562
Darker −40%#513F48
More saturated +25%#CC90AE
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R184
G164
B174
Red184 (72.2%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)12.35%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G A4 · B AE

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