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Recognised as Colour

#A6B9B8

  • #A6B9B8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A6B9B8 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 185, 184 and HSL 177°, 12%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A6B9B8#A6B9B8
HEX#A6B9B8
RGBrgb(166, 185, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7255, 0.7216
RGB percentages65.1%, 72.5%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(176.8, 11.9%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 10.3%, 72.5%)
CMYK10.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,926,520
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B9B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 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#594647

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B7B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B4B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A1BAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 8Dark grey · ΔE 8.2Light grey · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9A6A7
Analogous#A6B9AF, #A6B1B9
Triadic#B8A6B9, #B9B8A6
Split complementary#B9A6B1, #B9AFA6
Tetradic#AFA6B9, #B9A6A7, #B1B9A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFC
Lighter +20%#DFE6E6
Lighter +10%#C3CFCF
Darker −10%#89A3A1
Darker −20%#6E8B8A
Darker −30%#576F6E
Darker −40%#415251
More saturated +25%#92CDCA
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R166
G185
B184
Red166 (65.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)11.95%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G B9 · B B8

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