Information about #B9AFAA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #B9AFAA has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Fantail (#BAAEA9). Slightly further away sit Half Perfect Taupe (#BBB2A9) and Milestone (#BEB1AC).
The recipe behind #B9AFAA is rgb(185, 175, 170), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9AFAA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#B9AFAA color variations
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#B9AFAA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B9AFAA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B9AFAA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B9AFAA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#B9AFAA 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 #B9AFAA color
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Nearest named colors to #B9AFAA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BAAEA9
#BBB2A9
#BEB1AC
#BAB5A8
#B4B2A6
#BCB5A6
#B7B4B0
#BDB0A3
#B5A8A8
#B4B3A4
#B8B7A6
#BBADA1
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B9AFAA
- RGB185, 175, 170
- CMYK0, 4, 6, 27
- CSSrgb(185, 175, 170)
- HSL20°, 10%, 70%
- HSL Precise20°, 9.677%, 69.608%
- HSV20°, 8%, 73%
- HSB20°, 8%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.686, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.686, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.686, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDB9AFAA
- DECIMAL ID12169130
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
