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Recognised as Colour

#A8ACB6

  • #A8ACB6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A8ACB6 is a blue with RGB values 168, 172, 182 and HSL 223°, 9%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A8ACB6#A8ACB6
HEX#A8ACB6
RGBrgb(168, 172, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6745, 0.7137
RGB percentages65.9%, 67.5%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(222.9, 8.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 7.7%, 71.4%)
CMYK7.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,054,262
CSS custom property--colour: #A8ACB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#575349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9ADB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ABB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A5AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.7Silver · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Light grey · ΔE 15.3Light slate grey · ΔE 15.7Thistle · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6B2A8
Analogous#A8B3B6, #ABA8B6
Triadic#B6A8AC, #ACB6A8
Split complementary#B6ABA8, #B3B6A8
Tetradic#B6A8B3, #B6B2A8, #A8B6AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFC
Lighter +20%#DFE1E5
Lighter +10%#C4C6CD
Darker −10%#8C929F
Darker −20%#717787
Darker −30%#5A5F6B
Darker −40%#43464F
More saturated +25%#94A3CA
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R168
G172
B182
Red168 (65.9%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)8.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G AC · B B6

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