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#B1AFAE

#b1afae ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b1afae is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 68.63% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.13% magenta, 1.69% yellow and 30.59% black. Its hue angle is 20°, with 1.89% saturation and 68.82% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.11.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4306

Complementary

  1. #b1afae
  2. #aeb0b1

Split complementary

  1. #b1afae
  2. #aeb1b0
  3. #aeaeb1

Analogous

  1. #b1aeae
  2. #b1afae
  3. #b1b0ae

Triadic

  1. #b1afae
  2. #aeb1af
  3. #afaeb1

Tetradic

  1. #b1afae
  2. #b0b1ae
  3. #aeb0b1
  4. #afaeb1

Square

  1. #b1afae
  2. #aeb1ae
  3. #aeb0b1
  4. #b0aeb1

Monochromatic

  1. #656261
  2. #8b8887
  3. #b1afae
  4. #d7d5d5
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#b1afae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1afae
  2. #9f9e9d
  3. #8e8c8b
  4. #7c7b7a
  5. #6a6968
  6. #595857
  7. #474646
  8. #353534
  9. #232323
  10. #121211
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1afae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1afae
  2. #b9b7b6
  3. #c1bfbe
  4. #c8c7c6
  5. #d0cfce
  6. #d8d7d7
  7. #e0dfdf
  8. #e8e7e7
  9. #efefef
  10. #f7f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1afae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1afae
  2. #acaaa9
  3. #a7a6a5
  4. #a2a1a0
  5. #9d9c9c
  6. #999897
  7. #949392
  8. #8f8e8e
  9. #8a8989
  10. #858585
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0afaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0afae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b0ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2afaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0afae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0afae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1afae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1afae {
  color: #b1afae;
}
Background
.bg-b1afae {
  background-color: #b1afae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1afae {
  border: 2px solid #b1afae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1afae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 175 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 20 2% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1afae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1afae, #b1b0ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1afae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 175 174 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.11 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.11 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 4.60 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.70 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.96 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.21 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.21 #4e5051 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#b1afae  rgb(177, 175, 174)  hsl(20, 2%, 69%)  Dark Gray
#aeb0b1  rgb(174, 176, 177)  hsl(200, 2%, 69%)  Dark Gray
#aeb1af  rgb(174, 177, 175)  hsl(140, 2%, 69%)  Dark Gray
#afaeb1  rgb(175, 174, 177)  hsl(260, 2%, 69%)  Dark Gray