Information about Bel Air color

#ADB5AA - Bel Air color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ADB5AA, known as "Bel Air", falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 181, 170) — 67.8% red, 71% green, 66.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 0 / 4 / 29. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #ADB5AA reads as a softly muted neutral grey and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Diana Green (#B1B5A9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Delta (#AEB0AA) and Silver Foil (#AFB1AE).

The recipe behind #ADB5AA is rgb(173, 181, 170), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ADB5AA: 10.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Bel Air" in the Register.

Bel Air color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Bel Air 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Bel Air

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Diana Green color link
Diana Green

#B1B5A9

Half Delta color link
Half Delta

#AEB0AA

Silver Foil color link
Silver Foil

#AFB1AE

Misty Ash color link
Misty Ash

#ADB2B0

Bombay color link
Bombay

#AEAEAD

Copyrite color link
Copyrite

#B4B2A6

Metro color link
Metro

#ACAFB1

Pebble Grey color link
Pebble Grey

#B4B3A4

Ajay color link
Ajay

#B0ACAE

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADB5AA
  • RGB173, 181, 170
  • CMYK3, 0, 4, 29
  • CSSrgb(173, 181, 170)
  • HSL104°, 7%, 69%
  • HSL Precise103.636°, 6.918%, 68.824%
  • HSV104°, 6%, 71%
  • HSB104°, 6%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.710, 0.667)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.710, 0.667, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.710, 0.667)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDADB5AA
  • DECIMAL ID11384234
  • Name Length7
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