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Recognised as Colour

#AAADBC

  • #AAADBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAADBC is a blue with RGB values 170, 173, 188 and HSL 230°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAADBC#AAADBC
HEX#AAADBC
RGBrgb(170, 173, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6784, 0.7373
RGB percentages66.7%, 67.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(230, 11.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 9.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK9.6%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,185,596
CSS custom property--colour: #AAADBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#555243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9AEBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ADBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A6B0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Thistle · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Light grey · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB9AA
Analogous#AAB6BC, #B0AABC
Triadic#BCAAAD, #ADBCAA
Split complementary#BCB0AA, #B6BCAA
Tetradic#BCAAB6, #BCB9AA, #AABCB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E4E9
Lighter +10%#C7C9D2
Darker −10%#8D91A6
Darker −20%#71768F
Darker −30%#5A5E73
Darker −40%#444756
More saturated +25%#97A0CF
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R170
G173
B188
Red170 (66.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)11.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G AD · B BC

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