Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#ABB6BC

  • #ABB6BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ABB6BC is a blue with RGB values 171, 182, 188 and HSL 201°, 11%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ABB6BC#ABB6BC
HEX#ABB6BC
RGBrgb(171, 182, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7137, 0.7373
RGB percentages67.1%, 71.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(201.2, 11.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 9%, 73.7%)
CMYK9%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,253,436
CSS custom property--colour: #ABB6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#544943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B5BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B3BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.6Silver · ΔE 6.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 12.3Light blue · ΔE 15.1Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB1AB
Analogous#ABBCB9, #ABADBC
Triadic#BCABB6, #B6BCAB
Split complementary#BCABAD, #BCB9AB
Tetradic#B9ABBC, #BCB1AB, #ADBCAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E7E9
Lighter +10%#C7CFD3
Darker −10%#8F9DA5
Darker −20%#72858F
Darker −30%#5B6A73
Darker −40%#455056
More saturated +25%#98BCCF
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R171
G182
B188
Red171 (67.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue201.18°
Saturation (HSL)11.26%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G B6 · B BC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “abb6bc” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.