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Colour

#AABCC6

  • #AABCC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AABCC6 is a blue with RGB values 170, 188, 198 and HSL 201°, 20%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AABCC6#AABCC6
HEX#AABCC6
RGBrgb(170, 188, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7373, 0.7765
RGB percentages66.7%, 73.7%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(201.4, 19.7%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 14.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK14.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,189,446
CSS custom property--colour: #AABCC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.72:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#554339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BBC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B8C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A3BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.6Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Dark grey · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 11.8Light grey · ΔE 12.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6B4AA
Analogous#AAC6C2, #AAAEC6
Triadic#C6AABC, #BCC6AA
Split complementary#C6AAAE, #C6C2AA
Tetradic#C2AAC6, #C6B4AA, #AEC6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7ECEF
Lighter +10%#C9D4DA
Darker −10%#8BA4B2
Darker −20%#6D8C9D
Darker −30%#567281
Darker −40%#425762
More saturated +25%#98C1D8
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R170
G188
B198
Red170 (66.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue201.43°
Saturation (HSL)19.72%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G BC · B C6

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