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Recognised as Colour

#A0BCBB

  • #A0BCBB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A0BCBB is a cyan with RGB values 160, 188, 187 and HSL 178°, 17%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A0BCBB#A0BCBB
HEX#A0BCBB
RGBrgb(160, 188, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7373, 0.7333
RGB percentages62.7%, 73.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(177.9, 17.3%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 14.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK14.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,534,075
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BCBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#5F4344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B9BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#98BEBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCA0A1
Analogous#A0BCAD, #A0AFBC
Triadic#BBA0BC, #BCBBA0
Split complementary#BCA0AF, #BCADA0
Tetradic#ADA0BC, #BCA0A1, #AFBCA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFB
Lighter +20%#DCE6E6
Lighter +10%#BED1D0
Darker −10%#82A7A6
Darker −20%#66908F
Darker −30%#517271
Darker −40%#3C5454
More saturated +25%#8CD0CE
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R160
G188
B187
Red160 (62.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue177.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.28%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A0 · G BC · B BB

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