Information about Ricochet color

#848484 - Ricochet color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #848484, known as "Ricochet", is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(132, 132, 132) (51.8% red, 51.8% green, 51.8% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 48 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #848484 reads as a softly muted neutral grey and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Battleship Grey (#848482). Slightly further away sit Jumbo (#878785) and Teravenumar (#838181).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (132 each), placing #848484 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. On this background, black text reaches a 5.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. The name "Ricochet" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Ricochet color variations

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

Why this page shows fewer blocks

Ricochet belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to Ricochet

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

Jumbo color link
Jumbo

#878785

Teravenumar color link
Teravenumar

#838181

Sword color link
Sword

#808284

Titanium color link
Titanium

#878681

Silver Steel color link
Silver Steel

#878786

Double Delta color link
Double Delta

#83857F

Grey Granite color link
Grey Granite

#808782

Aluminium color link
Aluminium

#848789

Grey color link
Grey

#808080

Oslo Grey color link
Oslo Grey

#818988

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#848484
  • RGB132, 132, 132
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 48
  • CSSrgb(132, 132, 132)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 52%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 51.765%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 52%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • GLSLvec3(0.518, 0.518, 0.518)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.518, 0.518, 0.518, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.518, 0.518, 0.518)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB51.8%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID848484
  • DECIMAL ID8684676
  • Name Length8
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