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Recognised as Colour

#A0B9BB

  • #A0B9BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A0B9BB is a cyan with RGB values 160, 185, 187 and HSL 184°, 17%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A0B9BB#A0B9BB
HEX#A0B9BB
RGBrgb(160, 185, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7255, 0.7333
RGB percentages62.7%, 72.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(184.4, 16.6%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 14.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK14.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,533,307
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B9BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5F4644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B7BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B3BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#98BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBA2A0
Analogous#A0BBB0, #A0ACBB
Triadic#BBA0B9, #B9BBA0
Split complementary#BBA0AC, #BBB0A0
Tetradic#B0A0BB, #BBA2A0, #ACBBA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFB
Lighter +20%#DBE5E6
Lighter +10%#BECFD0
Darker −10%#82A3A6
Darker −20%#668C8F
Darker −30%#516F71
Darker −40%#3C5253
More saturated +25%#8CCACF
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R160
G185
B187
Red160 (62.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue184.44°
Saturation (HSL)16.56%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G B9 · B BB

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