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#B0AEA6

#b0aea6 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b0aea6 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 68.24% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.14% magenta, 5.68% yellow and 30.98% black. Its hue angle is 48°, with 5.95% saturation and 67.06% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4226

Complementary

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #a6a8b0

Split complementary

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #a6adb0
  3. #a9a6b0

Analogous

  1. #b0a9a6
  2. #b0aea6
  3. #adb0a6

Triadic

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #a6b0ae
  3. #aea6b0

Tetradic

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #a8b0a6
  3. #a6a8b0
  4. #aea6b0

Square

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #a6b0a9
  3. #a6a8b0
  4. #b0a6ad

Monochromatic

  1. #646259
  2. #8c897d
  3. #b0aea6
  4. #d4d3cf
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#b0aea6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #9e9d95
  3. #8d8b85
  4. #7b7a74
  5. #6a6864
  6. #585753
  7. #464642
  8. #353432
  9. #232321
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#b0aea6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #b8b6af
  3. #c0beb8
  4. #c8c6c1
  5. #d0ceca
  6. #d8d7d3
  7. #dfdfdb
  8. #e7e7e4
  9. #efefed
  10. #f7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b0aea6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b0aea6
  2. #aba9a2
  3. #a6a59e
  4. #a2a09b
  5. #9d9c97
  6. #989793
  7. #93928f
  8. #8e8e8b
  9. #8a8988
  10. #858584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaeab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0ada6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0aea6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2adac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0aea6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0aea6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1ada9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b0aea6 {
  color: #b0aea6;
}
Background
.bg-b0aea6 {
  background-color: #b0aea6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b0aea6 {
  border: 2px solid #b0aea6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b0aea6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 174 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 6% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b0aea6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0aea6, #adb0a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b0aea6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 174 166 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.31 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.31 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.37 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.39 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.40 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 10.40 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 10.83 #4f5159 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#b0aea6  rgb(176, 174, 166)  hsl(48, 6%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a6a8b0  rgb(166, 168, 176)  hsl(228, 6%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a6b0ae  rgb(166, 176, 174)  hsl(168, 6%, 67%)  Ash Gray
#aea6b0  rgb(174, 166, 176)  hsl(288, 6%, 67%)  Rose Quartz