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Recognised as Colour

#ADB4BE

  • #ADB4BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ADB4BE is a blue with RGB values 173, 180, 190 and HSL 215°, 12%, 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

#ADB4BE#ADB4BE
HEX#ADB4BE
RGBrgb(173, 180, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7059, 0.7451
RGB percentages67.8%, 70.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(215.3, 11.6%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 8.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK8.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,383,998
CSS custom property--colour: #ADB4BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#524B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B4BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB3BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A9B6B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.1Silver · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 12.9Thistle · ΔE 15.7Gainsboro · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEB7AD
Analogous#ADBDBE, #AEADBE
Triadic#BEADB4, #B4BEAD
Split complementary#BEAEAD, #BDBEAD
Tetradic#BEADBC, #BEB7AD, #ADBEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E8EB
Lighter +10%#C9CED5
Darker −10%#919AA7
Darker −20%#748091
Darker −30%#5D6775
Darker −40%#464E59
More saturated +25%#9BB1D0
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R173
G180
B190
Red173 (67.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)11.56%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G B4 · B BE

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