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Recognised as Colour

#ADB4BC

  • #ADB4BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ADB4BC is a blue with RGB values 173, 180, 188 and HSL 212°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ADB4BC#ADB4BC
HEX#ADB4BC
RGBrgb(173, 180, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7059, 0.7373
RGB percentages67.8%, 70.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(212, 10.1%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 8%, 73.7%)
CMYK8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,383,996
CSS custom property--colour: #ADB4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#524B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B4BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B2BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AAB6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.2Silver · ΔE 6.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light grey · ΔE 12.6Gainsboro · ΔE 15.6Light blue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB5AD
Analogous#ADBBBC, #ADADBC
Triadic#BCADB4, #B4BCAD
Split complementary#BCADAD, #BBBCAD
Tetradic#BCADBB, #BCB5AD, #ADBCAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E7EA
Lighter +10%#C9CED3
Darker −10%#919AA5
Darker −20%#75818E
Darker −30%#5E6772
Darker −40%#474E56
More saturated +25%#9AB3CF
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R173
G180
B188
Red173 (67.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue212°
Saturation (HSL)10.07%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G B4 · B BC

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