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Colour

#ADBAB9

  • #ADBAB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#ADBAB9 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 186, 185 and HSL 175°, 9%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ADBAB9#ADBAB9
HEX#ADBAB9
RGBrgb(173, 186, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7294, 0.7255
RGB percentages67.8%, 72.9%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(175.4, 8.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 7%, 72.9%)
CMYK7%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,385,529
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#524546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B8B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B6B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AABBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.8Dark grey · ΔE 7.1Light grey · ΔE 11.1Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAADAE
Analogous#ADBAB3, #ADB4BA
Triadic#B9ADBA, #BAB9AD
Split complementary#BAADB4, #BAB3AD
Tetradic#B3ADBA, #BAADAE, #B4BAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E9E8
Lighter +10%#C9D1D1
Darker −10%#91A3A1
Darker −20%#768B8A
Darker −30%#5E706F
Darker −40%#475453
More saturated +25%#9ACDC9
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R173
G186
B185
Red173 (67.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue175.38°
Saturation (HSL)8.61%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G BA · B B9

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