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Recognised as Colour

#A5BEC4

  • #A5BEC4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A5BEC4 is a cyan with RGB values 165, 190, 196 and HSL 192°, 21%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A5BEC4#A5BEC4
HEX#A5BEC4
RGBrgb(165, 190, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7451, 0.7686
RGB percentages64.7%, 74.5%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(191.6, 20.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 15.8%, 76.9%)
CMYK15.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,862,276
CSS custom property--colour: #A5BEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#5A413B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BCC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B8C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 13Light grey · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4ABA5
Analogous#A5C4BB, #A5AEC4
Triadic#C4A5BE, #BEC4A5
Split complementary#C4A5AF, #C4BBA5
Tetradic#BBA5C4, #C4ABA5, #AEC4A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EAEC
Lighter +10%#C4D4D8
Darker −10%#86A8B0
Darker −20%#67929C
Darker −30%#52757E
Darker −40%#3E595F
More saturated +25%#92C9D7
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R165
G190
B196
Red165 (64.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue191.61°
Saturation (HSL)20.81%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G BE · B C4

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