Information about #B6AEAA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #B6AEAA has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Fantail (#BAAEA9). Slightly further away sit Copyrite (#B4B2A6) and Fashion Mauve (#B5A8A8).
The recipe behind #B6AEAA is rgb(182, 174, 170), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B6AEAA: 9.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#B6AEAA color variations
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#B6AEAA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B6AEAA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B6AEAA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B6AEAA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#B6AEAA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B6AEAA color
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Nearest named colors to #B6AEAA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BAAEA9
#B4B2A6
#B5A8A8
#BBB2A9
#B0ACAE
#B4B3A4
#AEB0AA
#BAB5A8
#AEAEAD
#B7B4B0
#AFB1AE
#B1B5A9
#B6AEAA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B6AEAA
- RGB182, 174, 170
- CMYK0, 3, 5, 29
- CSSrgb(182, 174, 170)
- HSL20°, 8%, 69%
- HSL Precise20°, 7.595%, 69.02%
- HSV20°, 7%, 71%
- HSB20°, 7%, 71%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.714
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.714, 0.682, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.714, 0.682, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.714, 0.682, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB71.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDB6AEAA
- DECIMAL ID11972266
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
