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Recognised as Colour

#A9B4B8

  • #A9B4B8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A9B4B8 is a cyan with RGB values 169, 180, 184 and HSL 196°, 10%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A9B4B8#A9B4B8
HEX#A9B4B8
RGBrgb(169, 180, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7059, 0.7216
RGB percentages66.3%, 70.6%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(196, 9.6%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 8.2%, 72.2%)
CMYK8.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,121,848
CSS custom property--colour: #A9B4B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#564B47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B3B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB1B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A5B5B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.6Silver · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8ADA9
Analogous#A9B8B4, #A9ADB8
Triadic#B8A9B4, #B4B8A9
Split complementary#B8A9AD, #B8B4A9
Tetradic#B4A9B8, #B8ADA9, #ADB8A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDFD
Lighter +20%#E1E5E6
Lighter +10%#C5CCCF
Darker −10%#8D9CA1
Darker −20%#728389
Darker −30%#5A686E
Darker −40%#434E52
More saturated +25%#95BDCC
Less saturated −25%#B1B1B1

Channel breakdown

R169
G180
B184
Red169 (66.3%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)9.55%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G B4 · B B8

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