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#aeb8bf ≈ Silver

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aeb8bf 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, 72.16% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.9% cyan, 3.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 204.71°, 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 10.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.4704

Complementary

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #bfb5ae

Split complementary

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #bfaeb0
  3. #bfbeae

Analogous

  1. #aebfbe
  2. #aeb8bf
  3. #aeb0bf

Triadic

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #bfaeb8
  3. #b8bfae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #b5aebf
  3. #bfb5ae
  4. #b8bfae

Square

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #beaebf
  3. #bfb5ae
  4. #b0bfae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e6c76
  2. #83939d
  3. #aeb8bf
  4. #d9dde1
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#aeb8bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #9da6ac
  3. #8b9399
  4. #7a8186
  5. #686e73
  6. #575c60
  7. #464a4c
  8. #343739
  9. #232526
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb8bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #b6bfc5
  3. #bec6cc
  4. #c6cdd2
  5. #ced4d9
  6. #d7dcdf
  7. #dfe3e5
  8. #e7eaec
  9. #eff1f2
  10. #f7f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb8bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb8bf
  2. #a9b2b9
  3. #a5adb2
  4. #a0a7ac
  5. #9ca2a6
  6. #979ca0
  7. #929699
  8. #8e9193
  9. #898b8d
  10. #858686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b7ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5b8bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b6bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aababa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2b8bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1b7bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acb9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb8bf {
  color: #aeb8bf;
}
Background
.bg-aeb8bf {
  background-color: #aeb8bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb8bf {
  border: 2px solid #aeb8bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb8bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 184 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 12% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb8bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb8bf, #aeb0bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb8bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 184 191 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.62 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.77 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.29 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.50 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.57 #514740 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Silver
#aeb8bf  rgb(174, 184, 191)  hsl(205, 12%, 72%)  Silver
#bfb5ae  rgb(191, 181, 174)  hsl(25, 12%, 72%)  Silver
#bfaeb8  rgb(191, 174, 184)  hsl(325, 12%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#b8bfae  rgb(184, 191, 174)  hsl(85, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray