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#B3A8AA

#b3a8aa ≈ Silver Pink

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b3a8aa is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 65.88% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.15% magenta, 5.03% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 349.09°, with 6.75% saturation and 68.04% 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 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver Pink (#c4aead), ΔE 4.92.

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Relative luminance0.4049

Complementary

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #a8b3b1

Split complementary

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #a8b3ac
  3. #a8b0b3

Analogous

  1. #b3a8b0
  2. #b3a8aa
  3. #b3aca8

Triadic

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #aab3a8
  3. #a8aab3

Tetradic

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #b3b1a8
  3. #a8b3b1
  4. #a8aab3

Square

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #b0b3a8
  3. #a8b3b1
  4. #aca8b3

Monochromatic

  1. #685a5d
  2. #8f7f82
  3. #b3a8aa
  4. #d7d1d2
  5. #f5f4f4

Shades

#b3a8aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #a19799
  3. #8f8688
  4. #7d7677
  5. #6b6566
  6. #5a5455
  7. #484344
  8. #363233
  9. #242222
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3a8aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #bbb1b3
  3. #c2b9bb
  4. #cac2c4
  5. #d1cbcc
  6. #d9d4d5
  7. #e1dcdd
  8. #e8e5e6
  9. #f0eeee
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3a8aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3a8aa
  2. #aea4a6
  3. #a9a0a2
  4. #a49c9d
  5. #9f9899
  6. #9a9495
  7. #949091
  8. #8f8c8d
  9. #8a8888
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeaaaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9aaaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acabaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5a7a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada9aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afaaaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a8a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3a8aa {
  color: #b3a8aa;
}
Background
.bg-b3a8aa {
  background-color: #b3a8aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3a8aa {
  border: 2px solid #b3a8aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3a8aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 168 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 7% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3a8aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3a8aa, #b3aca8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3a8aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 168 170 / 0.35);
}

#c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 4.92 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.67 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.67 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.13 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.38 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.79 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.75 #4c5755 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Silver Pink
#b3a8aa  rgb(179, 168, 170)  hsl(349, 7%, 68%)  Silver Pink
#a8b3b1  rgb(168, 179, 177)  hsl(169, 7%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#aab3a8  rgb(170, 179, 168)  hsl(109, 7%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#a8aab3  rgb(168, 170, 179)  hsl(229, 7%, 68%)  Dark Gray