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#B8AAAD

#b8aaad ≈ Silver Pink

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b8aaad is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 66.67% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.61% magenta, 5.98% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 347.14°, with 8.97% saturation and 69.41% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver Pink (#c4aead), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.4196

Complementary

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #aab8b5

Split complementary

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #aab8ae
  3. #aab4b8

Analogous

  1. #b8aab4
  2. #b8aaad
  3. #b8aeaa

Triadic

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #adb8aa
  3. #aaadb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #b8b5aa
  3. #aab8b5
  4. #aaadb8

Square

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #b4b8aa
  3. #aab8b5
  4. #aeaab8

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5b5f
  2. #958085
  3. #b8aaad
  4. #dbd4d5
  5. #f6f4f4

Shades

#b8aaad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #a6999c
  3. #93888a
  4. #817779
  5. #6e6668
  6. #5c5557
  7. #4a4445
  8. #373334
  9. #252223
  10. #121111
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8aaad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #bfb3b5
  3. #c6bbbd
  4. #cdc4c6
  5. #d4ccce
  6. #dcd5d6
  7. #e3ddde
  8. #eae6e6
  9. #f1eeef
  10. #f8f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8aaad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8aaad
  2. #b2a6a9
  3. #ada2a4
  4. #a79da0
  5. #a2999b
  6. #9c9597
  7. #969192
  8. #918d8e
  9. #8b8889
  10. #868485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2acad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acacad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afaead ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bba9ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1abad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2adad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #baaaac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8aaad {
  color: #b8aaad;
}
Background
.bg-b8aaad {
  background-color: #b8aaad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8aaad {
  border: 2px solid #b8aaad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8aaad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 170 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 9% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8aaad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8aaad, #b8aeaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8aaad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 170 173 / 0.35);
}

#c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 3.70 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.14 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.95 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.66 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.00 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.79 #475552 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Silver Pink
#b8aaad  rgb(184, 170, 173)  hsl(347, 9%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#aab8b5  rgb(170, 184, 181)  hsl(167, 9%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#adb8aa  rgb(173, 184, 170)  hsl(107, 9%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#aaadb8  rgb(170, 173, 184)  hsl(227, 9%, 69%)  Dark Gray