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Recognised as Colour

#AABBB8

  • #AABBB8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AABBB8 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 187, 184 and HSL 169°, 11%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AABBB8#AABBB8
HEX#AABBB8
RGBrgb(170, 187, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7333, 0.7216
RGB percentages66.7%, 73.3%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(169.4, 11.1%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 9.1%, 73.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,189,176
CSS custom property--colour: #AABBB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#554447

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B9B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B6B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A6BCBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.2Dark grey · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBAAAD
Analogous#AABBB0, #AAB5BB
Triadic#B8AABB, #BBB8AA
Split complementary#BBAAB5, #BBB0AA
Tetradic#B0AABB, #BBAAAD, #B5BBAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E8E7
Lighter +10%#C6D2D0
Darker −10%#8EA4A0
Darker −20%#718E89
Darker −30%#5B716D
Darker −40%#445552
More saturated +25%#97CEC4
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R170
G187
B184
Red170 (66.7%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue169.41°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G BB · B B8

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