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Colour

#AAACB6

  • #AAACB6
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAACB6 is a grey with RGB values 170, 172, 182 and HSL 230°, 8%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAACB6#AAACB6
HEX#AAACB6
RGBrgb(170, 172, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6745, 0.7137
RGB percentages66.7%, 67.5%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(230, 7.6%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 6.6%, 71.4%)
CMYK6.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,185,334
CSS custom property--colour: #AAACB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#555349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAADB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9ACB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.6Silver · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Light grey · ΔE 15.1Thistle · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6B4AA
Analogous#AAB2B6, #AEAAB6
Triadic#B6AAAC, #ACB6AA
Split complementary#B6AEAA, #B2B6AA
Tetradic#B6AAB2, #B6B4AA, #AAB6AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFD
Lighter +20%#E1E2E5
Lighter +10%#C5C7CE
Darker −10%#8F919E
Darker −20%#747786
Darker −30%#5C5E6B
Darker −40%#444650
More saturated +25%#969FCA
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R170
G172
B182
Red170 (66.7%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)7.59%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G AC · B B6

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