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Recognised as Colour

#B9BCAE

  • #B9BCAE
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#B9BCAE is a green with RGB values 185, 188, 174 and HSL 73°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B9BCAE#B9BCAE
HEX#B9BCAE
RGBrgb(185, 188, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.7373, 0.6824
RGB percentages72.5%, 73.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(72.9, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(72.9, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK1.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,172,462
CSS custom property--colour: #B9BCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#464351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBAADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBBAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BBBAB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.9Dark grey · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 11.7Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3Antique white · ΔE 19.5Tan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1AEBC
Analogous#BCB8AE, #B2BCAE
Triadic#AEB9BC, #BCAEB9
Split complementary#AEB2BC, #B8AEBC
Tetradic#AEBCB8, #B1AEBC, #BCAEB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EAE6
Lighter +10%#D1D3CA
Darker −10%#A1A592
Darker −20%#898E76
Darker −30%#6E725F
Darker −40%#535648
More saturated +25%#C4CF9C
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R185
G188
B174
Red185 (72.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue72.86°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G BC · B AE

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