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Recognised as Colour

#A6B5BE

  • #A6B5BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A6B5BE is a blue with RGB values 166, 181, 190 and HSL 203°, 16%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6B5BE#A6B5BE
HEX#A6B5BE
RGBrgb(166, 181, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7098, 0.7451
RGB percentages65.1%, 71%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(202.5, 15.6%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.5, 12.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK12.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,925,502
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B5BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#594A41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B4BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB1BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A0B7B8no 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 text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8Silver · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEAFA6
Analogous#A6BEBB, #A6A9BE
Triadic#BEA6B5, #B5BEA6
Split complementary#BEA6A9, #BEBBA6
Tetradic#BBA6BE, #BEAFA6, #A9BEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E6E9
Lighter +10%#C3CED4
Darker −10%#899CA8
Darker −20%#6B8493
Darker −30%#566975
Darker −40%#404F58
More saturated +25%#93BAD1
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R166
G181
B190
Red166 (65.1%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue202.5°
Saturation (HSL)15.58%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B5 · B BE

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