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Recognised as Colour

#ABBCB9

  • #ABBCB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#ABBCB9 is a cyan with RGB values 171, 188, 185 and HSL 169°, 11%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ABBCB9#ABBCB9
HEX#ABBCB9
RGBrgb(171, 188, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7373, 0.7255
RGB percentages67.1%, 73.7%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(169.4, 11.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 9%, 73.7%)
CMYK9%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,254,969
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBCB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#544346

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABAB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B7B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A7BDBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7Dark grey · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCABAE
Analogous#ABBCB0, #ABB6BC
Triadic#B9ABBC, #BCB9AB
Split complementary#BCABB6, #BCB0AB
Tetradic#B0ABBC, #BCABAE, #B6BCAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E9E8
Lighter +10%#C7D3D1
Darker −10%#8FA5A1
Darker −20%#728F8A
Darker −30%#5B736F
Darker −40%#455653
More saturated +25%#98CFC5
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R171
G188
B185
Red171 (67.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue169.41°
Saturation (HSL)11.26%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AB · G BC · B B9

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