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Recognised as Colour

#AAB0BC

  • #AAB0BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAB0BC is a blue with RGB values 170, 176, 188 and HSL 220°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAB0BC#AAB0BC
HEX#AAB0BC
RGBrgb(170, 176, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6902, 0.7373
RGB percentages66.7%, 69%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(220, 11.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 9.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK9.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,186,364
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB0BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#554F43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABAFBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A6B2B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.3Silver · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 14.6Thistle · ΔE 15.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB6AA
Analogous#AAB9BC, #ADAABC
Triadic#BCAAB0, #B0BCAA
Split complementary#BCADAA, #B9BCAA
Tetradic#BCAAB9, #BCB6AA, #AABCAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E5E9
Lighter +10%#C7CBD2
Darker −10%#8D95A6
Darker −20%#717B8F
Darker −30%#5A6273
Darker −40%#444A56
More saturated +25%#97AACF
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R170
G176
B188
Red170 (66.7%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)11.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B0 · B BC

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