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Recognised as Colour

#A8BDB7

  • #A8BDB7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A8BDB7 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 189, 183 and HSL 163°, 14%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A8BDB7#A8BDB7
HEX#A8BDB7
RGBrgb(168, 189, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7412, 0.7176
RGB percentages65.9%, 74.1%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(162.9, 13.7%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.9, 11.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK11.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,058,615
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BDB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#574248

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBAB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B7B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A3BEBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Light grey · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 15.3Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA8AE
Analogous#A8BDAC, #A8B8BD
Triadic#B7A8BD, #BDB7A8
Split complementary#BDA8B8, #BDACA8
Tetradic#ACA8BD, #BDA8AE, #B9BDA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E9E7
Lighter +10%#C5D3CF
Darker −10%#8BA79F
Darker −20%#6E9187
Darker −30%#58746C
Darker −40%#425751
More saturated +25%#95D0BF
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R168
G189
B183
Red168 (65.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue162.86°
Saturation (HSL)13.73%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G BD · B B7

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