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Recognised as Colour

#A0B3AD

  • #A0B3AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A0B3AD is a cyan with RGB values 160, 179, 173 and HSL 161°, 11%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A0B3AD#A0B3AD
HEX#A0B3AD
RGBrgb(160, 179, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.702, 0.6784
RGB percentages62.7%, 70.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(161.1, 11.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.1, 10.6%, 70.2%)
CMYK10.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,531,757
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B3AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#5F4C52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEAEADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9CB4B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 17.8Gainsboro · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3A0A6
Analogous#A0B3A4, #A0AFB3
Triadic#ADA0B3, #B3ADA0
Split complementary#B3A0AF, #B3A4A0
Tetradic#A4A0B3, #B3A0A6, #AFB3A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F7F6
Lighter +20%#D9E0DE
Lighter +10%#BCCAC5
Darker −10%#849C95
Darker −20%#69847B
Darker −30%#536761
Darker −40%#3C4B46
More saturated +25%#8BC8B5
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R160
G179
B173
Red160 (62.7%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue161.05°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A0 · G B3 · B AD

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