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Recognised as Colour

#AFBBB5

  • #AFBBB5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFBBB5 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 187, 181 and HSL 150°, 8%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AFBBB5#AFBBB5
HEX#AFBBB5
RGBrgb(175, 187, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7333, 0.7098
RGB percentages68.6%, 73.3%, 71%
HSLhsl(150, 8.1%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150, 6.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK6.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,853
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBBB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#50444A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAB9B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B7B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ADBBB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.2Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Light grey · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 16.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBAFB5
Analogous#AFBBAF, #AFBBBB
Triadic#B5AFBB, #BBB5AF
Split complementary#BBAFBB, #BBAFAF
Tetradic#AFAFBB, #BBAFB5, #BBBBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EAE8
Lighter +10%#CBD2CE
Darker −10%#93A49C
Darker −20%#788C82
Darker −30%#607169
Darker −40%#49554F
More saturated +25%#9CCDB5
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R175
G187
B181
Red175 (68.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue150°
Saturation (HSL)8.11%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G BB · B B5

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