Recognised as Colour

#A6B8C1

#A6B8C1
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#A6B8C1 is a blue with RGB values 166, 184, 193 and HSL 200°, 18%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A6B8C1#A6B8C1

HEX#A6B8C1

RGBrgb(166, 184, 193)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7216, 0.7569

RGB percentages65.1%, 72.2%, 75.7%

HSLhsl(200, 17.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 14%, 75.7%)

CMYK14%, 4.7%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,926,273

CSS custom property--colour: #A6B8C1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#59473E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3B7C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFB4C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9FBBBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.9 Dark grey · ΔE 9.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2 Light blue · ΔE 13 Light grey · ΔE 13.4 Powder blue · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1AFA6

Analogous#A6C1BC, #A6AAC1

Triadic#C1A6B8, #B8C1A6

Split complementary#C1A6AB, #C1BCA6

Tetradic#BCA6C1, #C1AFA6, #ABC1A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2E8EB

Lighter +10%#C4D0D6

Darker −10%#88A0AC

Darker −20%#6A8897

Darker −30%#556D79

Darker −40%#40525B

More saturated +25%#93BED4

Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R166

G184

B193

Red166 (65.1%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue193 (75.7%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)17.88%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G B8 · B C1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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