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Recognised as Colour

#AAADB4

  • #AAADB4
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAADB4 is a grey with RGB values 170, 173, 180 and HSL 222°, 6%, 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

#AAADB4#AAADB4
HEX#AAADB4
RGBrgb(170, 173, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6784, 0.7059
RGB percentages66.7%, 67.8%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(222, 6.3%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 5.6%, 70.6%)
CMYK5.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,185,588
CSS custom property--colour: #AAADB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#55524B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABADB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAADB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#A8AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 4.2Silver · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 14.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6Thistle · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 4.21, a close match
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4B1AA
Analogous#AAB2B4, #ACAAB4
Triadic#B4AAAD, #ADB4AA
Split complementary#B4ACAA, #B2B4AA
Tetradic#B4AAB2, #B4B1AA, #AAB4AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFC
Lighter +20%#E0E1E4
Lighter +10%#C5C7CC
Darker −10%#8F939C
Darker −20%#747984
Darker −30%#5C6069
Darker −40%#44474E
More saturated +25%#96A5C8
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R170
G173
B180
Red170 (66.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)6.25%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G AD · B B4

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