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Recognised as Colour

#A6B2B6

  • #A6B2B6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A6B2B6 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 178, 182 and HSL 195°, 10%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6B2B6#A6B2B6
HEX#A6B2B6
RGBrgb(166, 178, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.698, 0.7137
RGB percentages65.1%, 69.8%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(195, 9.9%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 8.8%, 71.4%)
CMYK8.8%, 2.2%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,924,726
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B2B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#594D49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB1B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADAFB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.5Silver · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 13.7Light blue · ΔE 16.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6AAA6
Analogous#A6B6B2, #A6AAB6
Triadic#B6A6B2, #B2B6A6
Split complementary#B6A6AA, #B6B2A6
Tetradic#B2A6B6, #B6AAA6, #AAB6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFB
Lighter +20%#DEE2E4
Lighter +10%#C2CACD
Darker −10%#8A9A9F
Darker −20%#6F8187
Darker −30%#58666B
Darker −40%#414C4F
More saturated +25%#92BCCA
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R166
G178
B182
Red166 (65.1%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)9.88%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B2 · B B6

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