Colour

#A8BAB8

#A8BAB8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#A8BAB8 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 186, 184 and HSL 173°, 12%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A8BAB8#A8BAB8

HEX#A8BAB8

RGBrgb(168, 186, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7294, 0.7216

RGB percentages65.9%, 72.9%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(173.3, 11.5%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 9.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK9.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,057,848

CSS custom property--colour: #A8BAB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.38:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#574547

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8B8B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4B5B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A3BBB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6 Dark grey · ΔE 8.3 Light grey · ΔE 12.4 Light blue · ΔE 14.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAA8AA

Analogous#A8BAAF, #A8B3BA

Triadic#B8A8BA, #BAB8A8

Split complementary#BAA8B3, #BAAFA8

Tetradic#AFA8BA, #BAA8AA, #B3BAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFEFE

Lighter +20%#E1E7E6

Lighter +10%#C4D1CF

Darker −10%#8CA3A1

Darker −20%#6F8D89

Darker −30%#59706E

Darker −40%#425452

More saturated +25%#94CDC7

Less saturated −25%#B1B1B1

Channel breakdown

R168

G186

B184

Red168 (65.9%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue173.33°

Saturation (HSL)11.54%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A8 · G BA · B B8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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