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Recognised as Colour

#A7B0BC

  • #A7B0BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A7B0BC is a blue with RGB values 167, 176, 188 and HSL 214°, 14%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A7B0BC#A7B0BC
HEX#A7B0BC
RGBrgb(167, 176, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6902, 0.7373
RGB percentages65.5%, 69%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(214.3, 13.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 11.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK11.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,989,756
CSS custom property--colour: #A7B0BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#584F43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB0BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAAEBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B3B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.6Silver · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Light grey · ΔE 14.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB3A7
Analogous#A7BBBC, #A9A7BC
Triadic#BCA7B0, #B0BCA7
Split complementary#BCA9A7, #BBBCA7
Tetradic#BCA7BB, #BCB3A7, #A7BCA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E1E4E8
Lighter +10%#C4CAD2
Darker −10%#8A96A6
Darker −20%#6D7C90
Darker −30%#576373
Darker −40%#414A56
More saturated +25%#94ADCF
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R167
G176
B188
Red167 (65.5%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue214.29°
Saturation (HSL)13.55%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G B0 · B BC

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