Recognised as Colour

#A6C1BC

#A6C1BC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#A6C1BC is a cyan with RGB values 166, 193, 188 and HSL 169°, 18%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A6C1BC#A6C1BC

HEX#A6C1BC

RGBrgb(166, 193, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7569, 0.7373

RGB percentages65.1%, 75.7%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(168.9, 17.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 14%, 75.7%)

CMYK14%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,928,572

CSS custom property--colour: #A6C1BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#593E43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEBEBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9BABCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9FC2BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10.3 Dark grey · ΔE 12.2 Powder blue · ΔE 13.2 Light grey · ΔE 13.3 Light blue · ΔE 13.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1A6AB

Analogous#A6C1AE, #A6B8C1

Triadic#BCA6C1, #C1BCA6

Split complementary#C1A6B8, #C1AEA6

Tetradic#AEA6C1, #C1A6AB, #B8C1A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2EBE9

Lighter +10%#C4D6D3

Darker −10%#88ACA5

Darker −20%#6A978F

Darker −30%#557973

Darker −40%#405B56

More saturated +25%#93D4C8

Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R166

G193

B188

Red166 (65.1%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue168.89°

Saturation (HSL)17.88%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A6 · G C1 · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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