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Colour

#A5ABBC

  • #A5ABBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A5ABBC is a blue with RGB values 165, 171, 188 and HSL 224°, 15%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A5ABBC#A5ABBC
HEX#A5ABBC
RGBrgb(165, 171, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6706, 0.7373
RGB percentages64.7%, 67.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(224.3, 14.6%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 12.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK12.2%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,857,404
CSS custom property--colour: #A5ABBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#5A5443

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6ACBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AABCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A0AEB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 12.2Light slate grey · ΔE 14.6Thistle · ΔE 15.6Light grey · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB6A5
Analogous#A5B6BC, #ABA5BC
Triadic#BCA5AB, #ABBCA5
Split complementary#BCABA5, #B6BCA5
Tetradic#BCA5B6, #BCB6A5, #A5BCAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDFD
Lighter +20%#DFE2E8
Lighter +10%#C2C6D2
Darker −10%#8890A6
Darker −20%#6B7590
Darker −30%#555D73
Darker −40%#404555
More saturated +25%#91A2D0
Less saturated −25%#B1B1B1

Channel breakdown

R165
G171
B188
Red165 (64.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue224.35°
Saturation (HSL)14.65%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G AB · B BC

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