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Recognised as Colour

#AAB5BE

  • #AAB5BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAB5BE is a blue with RGB values 170, 181, 190 and HSL 207°, 13%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAB5BE#AAB5BE
HEX#AAB5BE
RGBrgb(170, 181, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7098, 0.7451
RGB percentages66.7%, 71%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(207, 13.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 10.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK10.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,187,646
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB5BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#554A41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B5BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB2BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A5B7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.3Silver · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 15Gainsboro · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEB3AA
Analogous#AABEBD, #AAABBE
Triadic#BEAAB5, #B5BEAA
Split complementary#BEAAAB, #BEBDAA
Tetradic#BDAABE, #BEB3AA, #ABBEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E7EA
Lighter +10%#C7CED4
Darker −10%#8D9CA8
Darker −20%#708392
Darker −30%#5A6975
Darker −40%#444F58
More saturated +25%#97B7D1
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R170
G181
B190
Red170 (66.7%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue207°
Saturation (HSL)13.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B5 · B BE

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