Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#ADAAB9

  • #ADAAB9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ADAAB9 is a blue with RGB values 173, 170, 185 and HSL 252°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ADAAB9#ADAAB9
HEX#ADAAB9
RGBrgb(173, 170, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6667, 0.7255
RGB percentages67.8%, 66.7%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(252, 9.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252, 8.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK6.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,381,433
CSS custom property--colour: #ADAAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#525546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7ACBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ACB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ABACAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5Thistle · ΔE 13.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Light grey · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6B9AA
Analogous#AAAFB9, #B4AAB9
Triadic#B9ADAA, #AAB9AD
Split complementary#B9B5AA, #AEB9AA
Tetradic#B9AAAF, #B6B9AA, #AAB9B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E3E2E7
Lighter +10%#C8C6D0
Darker −10%#928EA2
Darker −20%#77728B
Darker −30%#5F5B6F
Darker −40%#474453
More saturated +25%#A197CC
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R173
G170
B185
Red173 (67.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue252°
Saturation (HSL)9.68%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G AA · B B9

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 “adaab9” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.