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Alien Gray#736F6E

Alien Gray - 08/07/2017

Alien Gray is the Color of the Day for 08/07/2017. Alien Gray has a hex value of #736F6E. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 115, Green: 111, and Blue: 110

Color Spaces of Alien Gray

Hex736F6E#736F6E
RGB115 111 110rgb(115 111 110)
RGB %45 44 43rgb(45 44 43)
CIELAB47.18, 1.45, 1.14
CMY55, 56, 57
CMYK0, 3, 4, 55
HSL12, 2, 44hsl(12 2% 44%)
HSV12, 4, 45hsv(12 4% 45%)
HSI11, 2, 112
HWB12, 43, 55hwb(12 43% 55%)
LCH47.18, 1.85, 38.02
XYZ15.83, 16.16, 12.92

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All About Alien Gray

Alien gray is a color that is often associated with science fiction and the unknown. It is a pale and muted shade of gray that is often used to create a sense of mystery and intrigue, particularly in relation to extraterrestrial life.

In popular culture, alien gray is often depicted as the color of the skin of extraterrestrial beings, particularly in science fiction movies and television shows. It is used to create a sense of otherness and to distinguish these beings from human characters. Alien gray can also be used to create a sense of fear and unease, particularly when these beings are depicted as hostile or threatening.

In fashion and design, alien gray can be used to create a sense of edginess and avant-garde style. It is often used in streetwear and urban fashion, where it can help to create a sense of minimalism and futuristic style. Alien gray can also be used in graphic design and advertising to create a sense of innovation and cutting-edge technology, particularly in relation to space travel and exploration.

Overall, alien gray is a color that is often associated with the unknown and the mysterious. Whether it is used in popular culture to depict extraterrestrial beings or in fashion and design to create a sense of avant-garde style, alien gray is a color that can help to convey a sense of intrigue and curiosity, and can add an element of otherworldliness to any context.

Closest Common Color

Alien Gray is closest to the common color gray. Gray is the combination of the colors black and white. Gray is associated with neutrality, balance, metal, and dullness. We see gray color used in construction for cement and in software engineering to represent subtext or disabled menu items. Gray is sometimes represented with the alternate spelling of 'grey'. Some common things you can find in gray are dolphins, ashes, greyhounds, and granite.

Shades of Alien Gray

A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Alien Gray all the way to Black evenly distributed.

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Tints of Alien Gray

A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Alien Gray all the way to White evenly distributed.

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Tones of Alien Gray

A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Alien Gray all the way to Gray evenly distributed.

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Monochromatic Colors of Alien Gray

A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Alien Gray.

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Complementary Color of Alien Gray

Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Alien Gray.

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Split Complementary Colors of Alien Gray

A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Alien Gray.

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Triadic Colors of Alien Gray

A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Alien Gray.

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Tetradic Colors of Alien Gray

A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Alien Gray.

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Analogous Colors of Alien Gray

An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Alien Gray.

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Variations of Alien Gray

A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Alien Gray has RGB values of R:115, G:111, and B:110. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Alien Gray, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Alien Gray.

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Web Safe Color of Alien Gray

A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Alien Gray.

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CSS Code for Alien Gray

Text Color
.text-class { color: #736F6E; }

This paragraph tag has text in the color #736F6E

Text Shadow Color
.txt-shdw-class { text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #736F6E; }

This text has a shadow in the color #736F6E

Border Color
.brdr-class { border: 5px solid #736F6E; }

This div tag has a border color of #736F6E

Background Color
.bg-class { background-color: #736F6E; }

This div tag has a background color of #736F6E

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Alien Gray Accessibility

When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.

  • Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
  • Level AA: 4.5:1
  • Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
  • Level AAA: 7:1

In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Alien Gray is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.

Alien Gray Contrast on Black Background

The color Alien Gray has passed 1 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 25% accessibility rating and therefore makes Alien Gray a moderate choice against a Black background.

WCAG AALarge TextPass
WCAG AANormal TextFail
WCAG AAALarge TextFail
WCAG AAANormal TextFail

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Alien Gray Contrast on White Background

The color Alien Gray has passed 3 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 75% accessibility rating and therefore makes Alien Gray a good choice against a White background.

WCAG AALarge TextPass
WCAG AANormal TextPass
WCAG AAALarge TextPass
WCAG AAANormal TextFail

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