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Recognised as Colour

#A6A9B3

  • #A6A9B3
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A6A9B3 is a grey with RGB values 166, 169, 179 and HSL 226°, 8%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6A9B3#A6A9B3
HEX#A6A9B3
RGBrgb(166, 169, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6627, 0.702
RGB percentages65.1%, 66.3%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(226.2, 7.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 7.3%, 70.2%)
CMYK7.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,922,419
CSS custom property--colour: #A6A9B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#59564C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6AAB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A9B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A3ABACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.6Silver · ΔE 10.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Light grey · ΔE 16.3Gray · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3B0A6
Analogous#A6B0B3, #AAA6B3
Triadic#B3A6A9, #A9B3A6
Split complementary#B3AAA6, #B0B3A6
Tetradic#B3A6B0, #B3B0A6, #A6B3AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F9F9
Lighter +20%#DDDEE2
Lighter +10%#C2C4CA
Darker −10%#8A8E9C
Darker −20%#707483
Darker −30%#585C68
Darker −40%#41444C
More saturated +25%#919EC8
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R166
G169
B179
Red166 (65.1%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)7.88%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G A9 · B B3

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