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Recognised as Colour

#ABA8B6

  • #ABA8B6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ABA8B6 is a blue with RGB values 171, 168, 182 and HSL 253°, 9%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ABA8B6#ABA8B6
HEX#ABA8B6
RGBrgb(171, 168, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6588, 0.7137
RGB percentages67.1%, 65.9%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(252.9, 8.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 7.7%, 71.4%)
CMYK6%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,249,846
CSS custom property--colour: #ABA8B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#545749

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5AAB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6AAB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A9AAACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.8Silver · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Thistle · ΔE 14.4Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Light grey · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3B6A8
Analogous#A8ACB6, #B2A8B6
Triadic#B6ABA8, #A8B6AB
Split complementary#B6B2A8, #ACB6A8
Tetradic#B6A8AC, #B3B6A8, #A8B6B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFC
Lighter +20%#E1DFE5
Lighter +10%#C6C4CD
Darker −10%#908C9F
Darker −20%#767187
Darker −30%#5E5A6B
Darker −40%#45434F
More saturated +25%#A094CA
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R171
G168
B182
Red171 (67.1%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue252.86°
Saturation (HSL)8.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G A8 · B B6

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