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Recognised as Colour

#ACB9BD

  • #ACB9BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#ACB9BD is a cyan with RGB values 172, 185, 189 and HSL 194°, 11%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ACB9BD#ACB9BD
HEX#ACB9BD
RGBrgb(172, 185, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7255, 0.7412
RGB percentages67.5%, 72.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(194.1, 11.4%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 9%, 74.1%)
CMYK9%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,319,741
CSS custom property--colour: #ACB9BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#534642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B8BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.2Dark grey · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB0AC
Analogous#ACBDB9, #ACB0BD
Triadic#BDACB9, #B9BDAC
Split complementary#BDACB0, #BDB9AC
Tetradic#B9ACBD, #BDB0AC, #B0BDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E9EA
Lighter +10%#C8D1D4
Darker −10%#90A1A6
Darker −20%#738990
Darker −30%#5C6E74
Darker −40%#465357
More saturated +25%#99C3D0
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R172
G185
B189
Red172 (67.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)11.41%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G B9 · B BD

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