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Recognised as Colour

#AEB0BC

  • #AEB0BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEB0BC is a blue with RGB values 174, 176, 188 and HSL 231°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEB0BC#AEB0BC
HEX#AEB0BC
RGBrgb(174, 176, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6902, 0.7373
RGB percentages68.2%, 69%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(231.4, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.4, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK7.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,508
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB0BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#514F43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB0BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ABB2B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.1Silver · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 14.2Thistle · ΔE 14.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCBAAE
Analogous#AEB7BC, #B3AEBC
Triadic#BCAEB0, #B0BCAE
Split complementary#BCB3AE, #B7BCAE
Tetradic#BCAEB7, #BCBAAE, #AEBCB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E6EA
Lighter +10%#CACBD3
Darker −10%#9295A5
Darker −20%#767A8E
Darker −30%#5F6172
Darker −40%#484A56
More saturated +25%#9CA3CF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R174
G176
B188
Red174 (68.2%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue231.43°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B0 · B BC

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