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#B5AAA3

#b5aaa3 ≈ Dark Gray

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b5aaa3 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 66.67% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.08% magenta, 9.94% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 23.33°, with 10.84% saturation and 67.45% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 5.71.

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Relative luminance0.4122

Complementary

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #a3aeb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #a3b5b3
  3. #a3a5b5

Analogous

  1. #b5a3a5
  2. #b5aaa3
  3. #b5b3a3

Triadic

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #a3b5aa
  3. #aaa3b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #aeb5a3
  3. #a3aeb5
  4. #aaa3b5

Square

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #a5b5a3
  3. #a3aeb5
  4. #b3a3b5

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5d55
  2. #938379
  3. #b5aaa3
  4. #d7d1cd
  5. #f6f5f4

Shades

#b5aaa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #a39993
  3. #918882
  4. #7f7772
  5. #6d6662
  6. #5b5552
  7. #484441
  8. #363331
  9. #242221
  10. #121110
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5aaa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #bcb3ac
  3. #c4bbb5
  4. #cbc4bf
  5. #d3ccc8
  6. #dad5d1
  7. #e1ddda
  8. #e9e6e3
  9. #f0eeed
  10. #f8f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5aaa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5aaa3
  2. #b0a6a0
  3. #aaa29c
  4. #a59d99
  5. #a09995
  6. #9b9592
  7. #95918e
  8. #908d8b
  9. #8b8887
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0aba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adaba3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0ada3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9a8a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0aaa3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2aca3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a9a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5aaa3 {
  color: #b5aaa3;
}
Background
.bg-b5aaa3 {
  background-color: #b5aaa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5aaa3 {
  border: 2px solid #b5aaa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5aaa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 170 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 23 11% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5aaa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5aaa3, #b5b3a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5aaa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 170 163 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.71 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.71 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.48 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.84 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.59 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.59 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 11.66 #4a555c Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#b5aaa3  rgb(181, 170, 163)  hsl(23, 11%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a3aeb5  rgb(163, 174, 181)  hsl(203, 11%, 67%)  Dark Gray
#a3b5aa  rgb(163, 181, 170)  hsl(143, 11%, 67%)  Ash Gray
#aaa3b5  rgb(170, 163, 181)  hsl(263, 11%, 67%)  Rose Quartz