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Recognised as Colour

#AEBABC

  • #AEBABC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEBABC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 186, 188 and HSL 189°, 9%, 71%. 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

#AEBABC#AEBABC
HEX#AEBABC
RGBrgb(174, 186, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7294, 0.7373
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(188.6, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK7.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,451,068
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#514543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B7BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#AABBBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.4Dark grey · ΔE 7Light grey · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Gainsboro · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB0AE
Analogous#AEBCB7, #AEB3BC
Triadic#BCAEBA, #BABCAE
Split complementary#BCAEB3, #BCB7AE
Tetradic#B7AEBC, #BCB0AE, #B3BCAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EAEA
Lighter +10%#CAD2D3
Darker −10%#92A2A5
Darker −20%#768A8E
Darker −30%#5F7072
Darker −40%#485456
More saturated +25%#9CC7CF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R174
G186
B188
Red174 (68.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BA · B BC

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