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Recognised as Colour

#A5B5B0

  • #A5B5B0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A5B5B0 is a cyan with RGB values 165, 181, 176 and HSL 161°, 10%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A5B5B0#A5B5B0
HEX#A5B5B0
RGBrgb(165, 181, 176)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7098, 0.6902
RGB percentages64.7%, 71%, 69%
HSLhsl(161.2, 9.8%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 8.8%, 71%)
CMYK8.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,859,952
CSS custom property--colour: #A5B5B0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#5A4A4F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B3B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B0B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B5B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.2Silver · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 13.8Gainsboro · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5A5AA
Analogous#A5B5A8, #A5B2B5
Triadic#B0A5B5, #B5B0A5
Split complementary#B5A5B2, #B5A8A5
Tetradic#A8A5B5, #B5A5AA, #B2B5A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FAFA
Lighter +20%#DDE3E1
Lighter +10%#C1CCC9
Darker −10%#899E97
Darker −20%#6E867E
Darker −30%#576A64
Darker −40%#404E4A
More saturated +25%#91CAB8
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R165
G181
B176
Red165 (64.7%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue176 (69%)
Hue161.25°
Saturation (HSL)9.76%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G B5 · B B0

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