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Recognised as Colour

#AEB6BD

  • #AEB6BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEB6BD is a blue with RGB values 174, 182, 189 and HSL 208°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEB6BD#AEB6BD
HEX#AEB6BD
RGBrgb(174, 182, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7137, 0.7412
RGB percentages68.2%, 71.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(208, 10.2%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 7.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK7.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,045
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#514942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B6BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B4BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AAB8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.2Dark grey · ΔE 6.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light grey · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)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#BDB5AE
Analogous#AEBDBC, #AEAEBD
Triadic#BDAEB6, #B6BDAE
Split complementary#BDAEAE, #BDBCAE
Tetradic#BCAEBD, #BDB5AE, #AEBDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E9EB
Lighter +10%#CACFD4
Darker −10%#929DA6
Darker −20%#76838F
Darker −30%#5E6A74
Darker −40%#475058
More saturated +25%#9CB7CF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R174
G182
B189
Red174 (68.2%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue208°
Saturation (HSL)10.2%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B6 · B BD

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