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Recognised as Colour

#AAB8B9

  • #AAB8B9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AAB8B9 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 184, 185 and HSL 184°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AAB8B9#AAB8B9
HEX#AAB8B9
RGBrgb(170, 184, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7216, 0.7255
RGB percentages66.7%, 72.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(184, 9.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 8.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK8.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,188,409
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB8B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#554746

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B7B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B4B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A6B9B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.5Dark grey · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9ABAA
Analogous#AAB9B3, #AAB1B9
Triadic#B9AAB8, #B8B9AA
Split complementary#B9AAB1, #B9B3AA
Tetradic#B3AAB9, #B9ABAA, #B1B9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E2E7E7
Lighter +10%#C6CFD0
Darker −10%#8EA1A2
Darker −20%#72898B
Darker −30%#5B6D6F
Darker −40%#445253
More saturated +25%#97C9CC
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R170
G184
B185
Red170 (66.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)9.68%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B8 · B B9

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