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Recognised as Colour

#AEADBA

  • #AEADBA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEADBA is a blue with RGB values 174, 173, 186 and HSL 245°, 9%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEADBA#AEADBA
HEX#AEADBA
RGBrgb(174, 173, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6784, 0.7294
RGB percentages68.2%, 67.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(244.6, 8.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.6, 7%, 72.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,447,738
CSS custom property--colour: #AEADBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.49:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#515245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAEBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAAEBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ACAFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light grey · ΔE 15.2Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9BAAD
Analogous#ADB3BA, #B4ADBA
Triadic#BAAEAD, #ADBAAE
Split complementary#BAB4AD, #B3BAAD
Tetradic#BAADB3, #B9BAAD, #ADBAB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E4E9
Lighter +10%#C9C9D1
Darker −10%#9391A3
Darker −20%#77768B
Darker −30%#5F5E70
Darker −40%#484754
More saturated +25%#9E9ACD
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R174
G173
B186
Red174 (68.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue244.62°
Saturation (HSL)8.61%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AD · B BA

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