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Recognised as Colour

#AAB9BC

  • #AAB9BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AAB9BC is a cyan with RGB values 170, 185, 188 and HSL 190°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AAB9BC#AAB9BC
HEX#AAB9BC
RGBrgb(170, 185, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7255, 0.7373
RGB percentages66.7%, 72.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(190, 11.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 9.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK9.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,188,668
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#554643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B8BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A5BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.7Dark grey · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 14.2Gainsboro · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCADAA
Analogous#AABCB6, #AAB0BC
Triadic#BCAAB9, #B9BCAA
Split complementary#BCAAB0, #BCB6AA
Tetradic#B6AABC, #BCADAA, #B0BCAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E8E9
Lighter +10%#C7D0D2
Darker −10%#8DA2A6
Darker −20%#718A8F
Darker −30%#5A6F73
Darker −40%#445356
More saturated +25%#97C6CF
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R170
G185
B188
Red170 (66.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)11.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B9 · B BC

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