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Colour

#ACAEB9

  • #ACAEB9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ACAEB9 is a blue with RGB values 172, 174, 185 and HSL 231°, 8%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ACAEB9#ACAEB9
HEX#ACAEB9
RGBrgb(172, 174, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6824, 0.7255
RGB percentages67.5%, 68.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(230.8, 8.5%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.8, 7%, 72.5%)
CMYK7%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,316,921
CSS custom property--colour: #ACAEB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#535146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABAFBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABAEB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A9B0B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 14.6Thistle · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9B7AC
Analogous#ACB4B9, #B1ACB9
Triadic#B9ACAE, #AEB9AC
Split complementary#B9B1AC, #B4B9AC
Tetradic#B9ACB4, #B9B7AC, #ACB9B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E4E8
Lighter +10%#C8C9D0
Darker −10%#9093A2
Darker −20%#75788A
Darker −30%#5D606F
Darker −40%#464853
More saturated +25%#99A1CC
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R172
G174
B185
Red172 (67.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue230.77°
Saturation (HSL)8.5%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G AE · B B9

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