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Recognised as Colour

#9BABAA

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

#9BABAA is a cyan with RGB values 155, 171, 170 and HSL 176°, 9%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9BABAA#9BABAA
HEX#9BABAA
RGBrgb(155, 171, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6706, 0.6667
RGB percentages60.8%, 67.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(176.3, 8.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 9.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK9.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,202,026
CSS custom property--colour: #9BABAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#645455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A9AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A7AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#97ACABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6Silver · ΔE 10.7Gray · ΔE 16.3Light slate grey · ΔE 16.5Light grey · ΔE 16.9Cadetblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB9B9C
Analogous#9BABA2, #9BA4AB
Triadic#AA9BAB, #ABAA9B
Split complementary#AB9BA4, #ABA29B
Tetradic#A29BAB, #AB9B9C, #A4AB9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF1F1
Lighter +20%#D2DAD9
Lighter +10%#B7C2C2
Darker −10%#7F9492
Darker −20%#667A79
Darker −30%#4F5E5D
Darker −40%#384242
More saturated +25%#84C2BE
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R155
G171
B170
Red155 (60.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue176.25°
Saturation (HSL)8.7%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G AB · B AA

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