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Recognised as Colour

#A7B5B9

  • #A7B5B9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A7B5B9 is a cyan with RGB values 167, 181, 185 and HSL 193°, 11%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A7B5B9#A7B5B9
HEX#A7B5B9
RGBrgb(167, 181, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7098, 0.7255
RGB percentages65.5%, 71%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(193.3, 11.4%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 9.7%, 72.5%)
CMYK9.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,991,033
CSS custom property--colour: #A7B5B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#584A46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B4B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB1B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B7B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.5Silver · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 15.2Gainsboro · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9ABA7
Analogous#A7B9B4, #A7ACB9
Triadic#B9A7B5, #B5B9A7
Split complementary#B9A7AC, #B9B4A7
Tetradic#B4A7B9, #B9ABA7, #ACB9A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFD
Lighter +20%#E0E5E6
Lighter +10%#C3CDD0
Darker −10%#8B9DA2
Darker −20%#6F858B
Darker −30%#586A6F
Darker −40%#424F52
More saturated +25%#93C0CD
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R167
G181
B185
Red167 (65.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)11.39%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G B5 · B B9

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