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Recognised as Colour

#AABBC6

  • #AABBC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AABBC6 is a blue with RGB values 170, 187, 198 and HSL 204°, 20%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AABBC6#AABBC6
HEX#AABBC6
RGBrgb(170, 187, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7333, 0.7765
RGB percentages66.7%, 73.3%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(203.6, 19.7%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.6, 14.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK14.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,189,190
CSS custom property--colour: #AABBC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#554439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BAC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B7C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A3BEBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Silver · ΔE 8.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 12.7Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6B5AA
Analogous#AAC6C3, #AAADC6
Triadic#C6AABB, #BBC6AA
Split complementary#C6AAAD, #C6C3AA
Tetradic#C3AAC6, #C6B5AA, #ADC6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7ECEF
Lighter +10%#C9D3DA
Darker −10%#8BA3B2
Darker −20%#6D8A9D
Darker −30%#567081
Darker −40%#425562
More saturated +25%#98BFD8
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R170
G187
B198
Red170 (66.7%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue203.57°
Saturation (HSL)19.72%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G BB · B C6

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