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Recognised as Colour

#9AB5B5

  • #9AB5B5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9AB5B5 is a cyan with RGB values 154, 181, 181 and HSL 180°, 15%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9AB5B5#9AB5B5
HEX#9AB5B5
RGBrgb(154, 181, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7098, 0.7098
RGB percentages60.4%, 71%, 71%
HSLhsl(180, 15.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 14.9%, 71%)
CMYK14.9%, 0%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,139,061
CSS custom property--colour: #9AB5B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#654A4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B2B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACAEB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#92B7B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16Powder blue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B59A9A
Analogous#9AB5A8, #9AA8B5
Triadic#B59AB5, #B5B59A
Split complementary#B59AA8, #B5A89A
Tetradic#A89AB5, #B59A9A, #A8B59A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F6F6
Lighter +20%#D5E0E0
Lighter +10%#B7CBCB
Darker −10%#7D9F9F
Darker −20%#638686
Darker −30%#4D6969
Darker −40%#374C4C
More saturated +25%#84CBCB
Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R154
G181
B181
Red154 (60.4%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)15.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 9A · G B5 · B B5

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