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Recognised as Colour

#AAB1B9

  • #AAB1B9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAB1B9 is a blue with RGB values 170, 177, 185 and HSL 212°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAB1B9#AAB1B9
HEX#AAB1B9
RGBrgb(170, 177, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6941, 0.7255
RGB percentages66.7%, 69.4%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(212, 9.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 8.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK8.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,186,617
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB1B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#554E46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB1B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADAFB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.7Silver · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 13.6Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6Thistle · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9B2AA
Analogous#AAB9B9, #ABAAB9
Triadic#B9AAB1, #B1B9AA
Split complementary#B9ABAA, #B9B9AA
Tetradic#B9AAB9, #B9B2AA, #AAB9AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E2E4E7
Lighter +10%#C6CBD0
Darker −10%#8E97A2
Darker −20%#727E8B
Darker −30%#5B646F
Darker −40%#444B53
More saturated +25%#97B0CC
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R170
G177
B185
Red170 (66.7%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue212°
Saturation (HSL)9.68%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B1 · B B9

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