Recognised as Colour
#ABAABC
- #ABAABC
- Blue
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#ABAABC is a blue with RGB values 171, 170, 188 and HSL 243°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#ABAABC#ABAABC
HEX#ABAABC
RGBrgb(171, 170, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6667, 0.7373
RGB percentages67.1%, 66.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(243.3, 11.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.3, 9.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK9%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,250,364
CSS custom property--colour: #ABAABC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.41038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#545543
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BBBCAA
Analogous#AAB2BC, #B4AABC
Triadic#BCABAA, #AABCAB
Split complementary#BCB4AA, #B2BCAA
Tetradic#BCAAB2, #BBBCAA, #AABCB4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R171
G170
B188
Red171 (67.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue243.33°
Saturation (HSL)11.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G AA · B BC
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