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Recognised as Colour

#AABDBC

  • #AABDBC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AABDBC is a cyan with RGB values 170, 189, 188 and HSL 177°, 13%, 70%. 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

#AABDBC#AABDBC
HEX#AABDBC
RGBrgb(170, 189, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7412, 0.7373
RGB percentages66.7%, 74.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(176.8, 12.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 10.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK10.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,189,692
CSS custom property--colour: #AABDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48572WCAG 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 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#554243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABBBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B8BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A5BEBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.3Dark grey · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDAAAB
Analogous#AABDB3, #AAB4BD
Triadic#BCAABD, #BDBCAA
Split complementary#BDAAB4, #BDB3AA
Tetradic#B3AABD, #BDAAAB, #B4BDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EAE9
Lighter +10%#C7D3D3
Darker −10%#8DA7A5
Darker −20%#71908F
Darker −30%#5A7473
Darker −40%#445756
More saturated +25%#97D0CD
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R170
G189
B188
Red170 (66.7%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)12.58%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G BD · B BC

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