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Recognised as Colour

#A6AAB6

  • #A6AAB6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A6AAB6 is a blue with RGB values 166, 170, 182 and HSL 225°, 10%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6AAB6#A6AAB6
HEX#A6AAB6
RGBrgb(166, 170, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6667, 0.7137
RGB percentages65.1%, 66.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(225, 9.9%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 8.8%, 71.4%)
CMYK8.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,922,678
CSS custom property--colour: #A6AAB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#595549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7ABB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A9B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A3ACAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.7Silver · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Thistle · ΔE 16.3Light grey · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6B2A6
Analogous#A6B2B6, #AAA6B6
Triadic#B6A6AA, #AAB6A6
Split complementary#B6AAA6, #B2B6A6
Tetradic#B6A6B2, #B6B2A6, #A6B6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFAFB
Lighter +20%#DEE0E4
Lighter +10%#C2C5CD
Darker −10%#8A8F9F
Darker −20%#6F7587
Darker −30%#585D6B
Darker −40%#41444F
More saturated +25%#92A0CA
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R166
G170
B182
Red166 (65.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)9.88%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G AA · B B6

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