Colour

#A6ABBD

#A6ABBD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#A6ABBD is a blue with RGB values 166, 171, 189 and HSL 227°, 15%, 70%. 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

#A6ABBD#A6ABBD

HEX#A6ABBD

RGBrgb(166, 171, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6706, 0.7412

RGB percentages65.1%, 67.1%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(227, 14.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227, 12.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK12.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,922,941

CSS custom property--colour: #A6ABBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#595442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6ACBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5ABBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A1AEB1no 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 text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4 Silver · ΔE 12.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Thistle · ΔE 15.1 Light grey · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BDB8A6

Analogous#A6B6BD, #ADA6BD

Triadic#BDA6AB, #ABBDA6

Split complementary#BDADA6, #B6BDA6

Tetradic#BDA6B6, #BDB8A6, #A6BDAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFE

Lighter +20%#E1E2E8

Lighter +10%#C3C7D3

Darker −10%#898FA7

Darker −20%#6C7491

Darker −30%#565D74

Darker −40%#404557

More saturated +25%#93A0D0

Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R166

G171

B189

Red166 (65.1%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue226.96°

Saturation (HSL)14.84%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G AB · B BD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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