What is hex #A7BCBB color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 65% red, 74% green and 73% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (167,188,187).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (11%, 0%, 1%, 26%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #A7BCBB features a hue of 177°, 11% saturation, and a brightness value of 74%.

Hex #A7BCBB Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (167,188,187)
CMYK Values (11%, 0%, 1%, 26%)
HSV/HSB Values (177°, 11%, 74%)
Closest Web Safe
#99CCCC
Inverse Color
#584344
Closest Pantone®
7542 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7038 [Agate grey]
Complementary Color
#BCA7A8

#A7BCBB Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#B4B4B4
Lightness (Desaturation)
#B1B1B1
Weighted (BT601)
#B6B6B6
Luma (BT709)
#B7B7B7

Hex #A7BCBB Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #A7BCBB is #BCA7A8. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #A7BCBB you will find #BCA7A8. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#A7BCBB #BCA7A8

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #A7BCBB is composed with colors #A7BCB0 and #A7B2BC. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #A7BCBB with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#A7BCB0 #A7BCBB #A7B2BC

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #A7BCBB is composed with colors #BCB0A7 and #BCA7B2. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#A7BCBB #BCB0A7 #BCA7B2

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #A7BCBB is composed with colors #BCBBA7 and #BBA7BC. They are located to the right and left of your main color #A7BCBB with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#A7BCBB #BCBBA7 #BBA7BC

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #A7BCBB is composed with colors #BBA7BC, #BCA7A8 and #A8BCA7 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#A7BCBB #BBA7BC #BCA7A8 #A8BCA7

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #A7BCBB is composed with colors #B0A7BC, #BCA7A8 and #B2BCA7 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#A7BCBB #B0A7BC #BCA7A8 #B2BCA7

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #A7BCBB

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #A7BCBB.

#A7BCBB #B2C4C3 #BECDCC #C9D6D5 #D5DFDE #E0E8E7 #ECF0F0 #F8F9F9

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#A7BCBB #AEB4B4 #B1B1B1

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#A7BCBB #9BB3B2 #8FAAA9 #84A1A0 #789897 #6D8F8E #648482 #5B7877

Hex #A7BCBB in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #A7BCBB
Java new Color(167,188,187);
Python Color(#A7BCBB)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 167,188,187);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.65, green: 0.74, blue: 0.73, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(167, 188, 187)