Recognised as Colour

#ABC6B9

#ABC6B9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Silver

#ABC6B9 is a cyan with RGB values 171, 198, 185 and HSL 151°, 19%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ABC6B9#ABC6B9

HEX#ABC6B9

RGBrgb(171, 198, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7765, 0.7255

RGB percentages67.1%, 77.6%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(151.1, 19.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.1, 13.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK13.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,257,529

CSS custom property--colour: #ABC6B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#543946

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5C2B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0BEBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A6C6C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 12.1 Light grey · ΔE 14 Powder blue · ΔE 14.5 Dark grey · ΔE 14.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.8 Light blue · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C6ABB8

Analogous#ABC6AB, #ABC6C6

Triadic#B9ABC6, #C6B9AB

Split complementary#C6ABC6, #C6ABAB

Tetradic#ABABC6, #C6ABB8, #C6C6AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E8EFEC

Lighter +10%#C9DBD2

Darker −10%#8DB1A0

Darker −20%#6E9D86

Darker −30%#57816D

Darker −40%#436253

More saturated +25%#99D8BA

Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R171

G198

B185

Red171 (67.1%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue151.11°

Saturation (HSL)19.15%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AB · G C6 · B B9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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