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#B9B7AE

#b9b7ae ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b9b7ae is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 71.76% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.08% magenta, 5.95% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 7.28% saturation and 70.39% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4724

Complementary

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #aeb0b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #aeb5b9
  3. #b1aeb9

Analogous

  1. #b9b1ae
  2. #b9b7ae
  3. #b5b9ae

Triadic

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #aeb9b7
  3. #b7aeb9

Tetradic

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #b0b9ae
  3. #aeb0b9
  4. #b7aeb9

Square

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #aeb9b1
  3. #aeb0b9
  4. #b9aeb5

Monochromatic

  1. #6e6c5f
  2. #969385
  3. #b9b7ae
  4. #dcdbd7
  5. #f6f5f4

Shades

#b9b7ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #a7a59d
  3. #94928b
  4. #82807a
  5. #6f6e68
  6. #5d5c57
  7. #4a4946
  8. #383734
  9. #252523
  10. #131211
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9b7ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #c0beb6
  3. #c7c5be
  4. #cecdc6
  5. #d5d4ce
  6. #dcdbd7
  7. #e3e2df
  8. #eae9e7
  9. #f1f1ef
  10. #f8f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9b7ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9b7ae
  2. #b3b2a9
  3. #aeaca5
  4. #a8a7a0
  5. #a2a19c
  6. #9d9c97
  7. #979692
  8. #91918e
  9. #8b8b89
  10. #868685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b7b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9b6ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bab7ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbb6b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9b7ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9b7ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bab6b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9b7ae {
  color: #b9b7ae;
}
Background
.bg-b9b7ae {
  background-color: #b9b7ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9b7ae {
  border: 2px solid #b9b7ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9b7ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 183 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 7% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9b7ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9b7ae, #b5b9ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9b7ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 183 174 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.12 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 5.94 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 5.94 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 6.44 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.42 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.42 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 8.55 #464851 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Silver
#b9b7ae  rgb(185, 183, 174)  hsl(49, 7%, 70%)  Silver
#aeb0b9  rgb(174, 176, 185)  hsl(229, 7%, 70%)  Dark Gray
#aeb9b7  rgb(174, 185, 183)  hsl(169, 7%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#b7aeb9  rgb(183, 174, 185)  hsl(289, 7%, 70%)  Silver Pink