Colour

#A8B9BE

#A8B9BE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#A8B9BE is a cyan with RGB values 168, 185, 190 and HSL 194°, 14%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A8B9BE#A8B9BE

HEX#A8B9BE

RGBrgb(168, 185, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7255, 0.7451

RGB percentages65.9%, 72.5%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(193.6, 14.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 11.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK11.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,057,598

CSS custom property--colour: #A8B9BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.35:1

Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#574641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B8BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2B5BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A2BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6 Dark grey · ΔE 8.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1 Light grey · ΔE 12.4 Light blue · ΔE 13.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEADA8

Analogous#A8BEB8, #A8AEBE

Triadic#BEA8B9, #B9BEA8

Split complementary#BEA8AE, #BEB8A8

Tetradic#B8A8BE, #BEADA8, #AEBEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2E8EA

Lighter +10%#C5D0D4

Darker −10%#8BA2A8

Darker −20%#6E8A92

Darker −30%#586F75

Darker −40%#425358

More saturated +25%#95C3D1

Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R168

G185

B190

Red168 (65.9%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue193.64°

Saturation (HSL)14.47%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G B9 · B BE

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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