What color is #B6B0A9?

#B6B0A9 is a light, grayish orange known as Mercurial. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Mercurial?

The RGB value is 182, 176, 169: 182 red, 176 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Mercurial?

The complementary color is #A9AFB6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B6B0A9?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.77:1 and white text 2.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Mercurial color: hex code #B6B0A9

#B6B0A9 rgb(182, 176, 169)

Shades of gray

Mercurial has the hex code #B6B0A9. It is a light, grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71.4% red, 69% green and 66.3% blue (182, 176, 169).

Its hue angle is 32°, with 8% saturation and 69% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 7% yellow and 29% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.77:1).

Mercurial (#B6B0A9) color codes

HEX	`#B6B0A9`
RGB	`rgb(182, 176, 169)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71.4%, 69%, 66.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(32, 8%, 69%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(32, 7%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 7%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(72.14, 0.88, 4.34)`
CIE LCH	`lch(72.14, 4.42, 78.58)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(41.977, 43.861, 43.783)`
Decimal	`11972777`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Mercurial, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B6B0A9	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.15:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B6B0A9 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.15:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B6B0A9 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b6b0a9; }
.text { color: #b6b0a9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b6b0a9; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(182 176 169 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b6b0a9, #b6b6a9); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #B6B0A9 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #B6B0A9?: #B6B0A9 is a light, grayish orange known as Mercurial. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Mercurial?: The RGB value is 182, 176, 169: 182 red, 176 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Mercurial?: The complementary color is #A9AFB6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B6B0A9?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.77:1 and white text 2.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.