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Recognised as Colour

#A9BDC4

  • #A9BDC4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#A9BDC4 is a cyan with RGB values 169, 189, 196 and HSL 196°, 19%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A9BDC4#A9BDC4
HEX#A9BDC4
RGBrgb(169, 189, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7412, 0.7686
RGB percentages66.3%, 74.1%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(195.6, 18.6%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 13.8%, 76.9%)
CMYK13.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,124,164
CSS custom property--colour: #A9BDC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#56423B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BCC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B8C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A2BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.3Dark grey · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Light blue · ΔE 11.6Light grey · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4B0A9
Analogous#A9C4BD, #A9AFC4
Triadic#C4A9BD, #BDC4A9
Split complementary#C4A9B0, #C4BDA9
Tetradic#BDA9C4, #C4B0A9, #AFC4A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EBEE
Lighter +10%#C7D4D9
Darker −10%#8BA6AF
Darker −20%#6D8F9A
Darker −30%#56747E
Darker −40%#42585F
More saturated +25%#97C6D6
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R169
G189
B196
Red169 (66.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)18.62%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G BD · B C4

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