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#aeb7bf ≈ Silver

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aeb7bf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 71.76% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.9% cyan, 4.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 11.72% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.68.

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Relative luminance0.4663

Complementary

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #bfb6ae

Split complementary

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #bfaeaf
  3. #bfbfae

Analogous

  1. #aebfbf
  2. #aeb7bf
  3. #aeafbf

Triadic

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #bfaeb7
  3. #b7bfae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #b6aebf
  3. #bfb6ae
  4. #b7bfae

Square

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #bfaebf
  3. #bfb6ae
  4. #afbfae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e6b76
  2. #83919d
  3. #aeb7bf
  4. #d9dde1
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#aeb7bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #9da5ac
  3. #8b9299
  4. #7a8086
  5. #686e73
  6. #575c60
  7. #46494c
  8. #343739
  9. #232526
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb7bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #b6bec5
  3. #bec5cc
  4. #c6cdd2
  5. #ced4d9
  6. #d7dbdf
  7. #dfe2e5
  8. #e7e9ec
  9. #eff1f2
  10. #f7f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb7bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #a9b2b9
  3. #a5acb2
  4. #a0a7ac
  5. #9ca1a6
  6. #979ca0
  7. #929699
  8. #8e9193
  9. #898b8d
  10. #858686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4b7bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b5bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aab9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2b7bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b6bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acb8bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb7bf {
  color: #aeb7bf;
}
Background
.bg-aeb7bf {
  background-color: #aeb7bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb7bf {
  border: 2px solid #aeb7bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb7bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 183 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 12% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb7bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb7bf, #aeafbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb7bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 183 191 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.68 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.14 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.66 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.68 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.92 #514840 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Silver
#aeb7bf  rgb(174, 183, 191)  hsl(208, 12%, 72%)  Silver
#bfb6ae  rgb(191, 182, 174)  hsl(28, 12%, 72%)  Silver
#bfaeb7  rgb(191, 174, 183)  hsl(328, 12%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#b7bfae  rgb(183, 191, 174)  hsl(88, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray