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Recognised as Colour

#B9AAB8

  • #B9AAB8
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B9AAB8 is a magenta with RGB values 185, 170, 184 and HSL 304°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B9AAB8#B9AAB8
HEX#B9AAB8
RGBrgb(185, 170, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6667, 0.7216
RGB percentages72.5%, 66.7%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(304, 9.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(304, 8.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.1%, 0.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,167,864
CSS custom property--colour: #B9AAB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#465547

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9ADB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACAFB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BAABAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.7Thistle · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Light grey · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB9AB
Analogous#B3AAB9, #B9AAB1
Triadic#B8B9AA, #AAB8B9
Split complementary#B1B9AA, #AAB9B3
Tetradic#B9B3AA, #AAB9AB, #AAB1B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E7E2E7
Lighter +10%#D0C6CF
Darker −10%#A28EA1
Darker −20%#8B7289
Darker −30%#6F5B6D
Darker −40%#534452
More saturated +25%#CC97C9
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R185
G170
B184
Red185 (72.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue304°
Saturation (HSL)9.68%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B9 · G AA · B B8

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