Recognised as Colour

#AAB8BE

#AAB8BE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#AAB8BE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 184, 190 and HSL 198°, 13%, 71%. 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

#AAB8BE#AAB8BE

HEX#AAB8BE

RGBrgb(170, 184, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7216, 0.7451

RGB percentages66.7%, 72.2%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(198, 13.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198, 10.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK10.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,188,414

CSS custom property--colour: #AAB8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#554741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B7BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2B5BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A5BABAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7 Dark grey · ΔE 7.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7 Light grey · ΔE 12.2 Light blue · ΔE 14 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BEB0AA

Analogous#AABEBA, #AAAEBE

Triadic#BEAAB8, #B8BEAA

Split complementary#BEAAAE, #BEBAAA

Tetradic#BAAABE, #BEB0AA, #AEBEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4E8EA

Lighter +10%#C7D0D4

Darker −10%#8DA0A8

Darker −20%#708892

Darker −30%#5A6D75

Darker −40%#445258

More saturated +25%#97C0D1

Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R170

G184

B190

Red170 (66.7%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue198°

Saturation (HSL)13.33%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G B8 · B BE

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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