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Colour

#A6B8B4

  • #A6B8B4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A6B8B4 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 184, 180 and HSL 167°, 11%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6B8B4#A6B8B4
HEX#A6B8B4
RGBrgb(166, 184, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7216, 0.7059
RGB percentages65.1%, 72.2%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(166.7, 11.2%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 9.8%, 72.2%)
CMYK9.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,926,260
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B8B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#59474B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B6B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B3B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 8.2Light grey · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 16Gainsboro · ΔE 16Powder blue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8A6AA
Analogous#A6B8AB, #A6B3B8
Triadic#B4A6B8, #B8B4A6
Split complementary#B8A6B3, #B8ABA6
Tetradic#ABA6B8, #B8A6AA, #B3B8A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFC
Lighter +20%#DFE5E4
Lighter +10%#C2CFCC
Darker −10%#8AA19C
Darker −20%#6E8A84
Darker −30%#576E69
Darker −40%#41514E
More saturated +25%#92CCBF
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R166
G184
B180
Red166 (65.1%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue166.67°
Saturation (HSL)11.25%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G B8 · B B4

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