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Recognised as Colour

#A6BEC4

  • #A6BEC4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A6BEC4 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 190, 196 and HSL 192°, 20%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A6BEC4#A6BEC4
HEX#A6BEC4
RGBrgb(166, 190, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7451, 0.7686
RGB percentages65.1%, 74.5%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(192, 20.3%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 15.3%, 76.9%)
CMYK15.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,927,812
CSS custom property--colour: #A6BEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#59413B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BCC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B8C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.3Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4ACA6
Analogous#A6C4BB, #A6AFC4
Triadic#C4A6BE, #BEC4A6
Split complementary#C4A6AF, #C4BBA6
Tetradic#BBA6C4, #C4ACA6, #AFC4A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EBED
Lighter +10%#C5D4D8
Darker −10%#87A8B0
Darker −20%#69919B
Darker −30%#53757E
Darker −40%#3F595F
More saturated +25%#94C9D7
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R166
G190
B196
Red166 (65.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)20.27%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G BE · B C4

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