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Recognised as Colour

#A8B5BB

  • #A8B5BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A8B5BB is a cyan with RGB values 168, 181, 187 and HSL 199°, 12%, 70%. 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

#A8B5BB#A8B5BB
HEX#A8B5BB
RGBrgb(168, 181, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7098, 0.7333
RGB percentages65.9%, 71%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(198.9, 12.3%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 10.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK10.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,056,571
CSS custom property--colour: #A8B5BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#574A44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B4BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB2BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#A3B7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.7Silver · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 15Gainsboro · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBAEA8
Analogous#A8BBB7, #A8ACBB
Triadic#BBA8B5, #B5BBA8
Split complementary#BBA8AC, #BBB7A8
Tetradic#B7A8BB, #BBAEA8, #ACBBA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E1E6E8
Lighter +10%#C5CDD1
Darker −10%#8B9DA5
Darker −20%#6F848E
Darker −30%#596A71
Darker −40%#424F55
More saturated +25%#95BCCE
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R168
G181
B187
Red168 (65.9%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue198.95°
Saturation (HSL)12.26%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G B5 · B BB

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