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Recognised as Colour

#BBAEAC

  • #BBAEAC
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BBAEAC is a red with RGB values 187, 174, 172 and HSL 8°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BBAEAC#BBAEAC
HEX#BBAEAC
RGBrgb(187, 174, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6824, 0.6745
RGB percentages73.3%, 68.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(8, 9.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8, 8%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 7%, 8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,299,948
CSS custom property--colour: #BBAEAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#445153

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AFACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B2ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BEADADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.8Silver · ΔE 7.6Light grey · ΔE 13.4Rosy brown · ΔE 15.8Gainsboro · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB9BB
Analogous#BBACB2, #BBB6AC
Triadic#ACBBAE, #AEACBB
Split complementary#ACBBB6, #ACB2BB
Tetradic#B2BBAC, #ACB9BB, #B6ACBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E5E4
Lighter +10%#D2C9C8
Darker −10%#A49390
Darker −20%#8D7774
Darker −30%#715F5D
Darker −40%#554846
More saturated +25%#CEA099
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R187
G174
B172
Red187 (73.3%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue8°
Saturation (HSL)9.93%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AE · B AC

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