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#ABB5BE

#abb5be ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abb5be is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 70.98% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10% cyan, 4.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 208.42°, with 12.75% saturation and 70.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.27.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4542

Complementary

  1. #abb5be
  2. #beb4ab

Split complementary

  1. #abb5be
  2. #beabab
  3. #bebdab

Analogous

  1. #abbebd
  2. #abb5be
  3. #ababbe

Triadic

  1. #abb5be
  2. #beabb5
  3. #b5beab

Tetradic

  1. #abb5be
  2. #b4abbe
  3. #beb4ab
  4. #b5beab

Square

  1. #abb5be
  2. #bdabbe
  3. #beb4ab
  4. #abbeab

Monochromatic

  1. #5b6975
  2. #808f9d
  3. #abb5be
  4. #d6dbdf
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#abb5be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abb5be
  2. #9aa3ab
  3. #899198
  4. #787f85
  5. #676d72
  6. #565b5f
  7. #44484c
  8. #333639
  9. #222426
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#abb5be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abb5be
  2. #b3bcc5
  3. #bcc4cb
  4. #c4cbd2
  5. #cdd3d8
  6. #d5dadf
  7. #dde1e5
  8. #e6e9ec
  9. #eef0f2
  10. #f7f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abb5be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abb5be
  2. #a7b0b8
  3. #a2aab2
  4. #9ea5ab
  5. #9aa0a5
  6. #969b9f
  7. #919599
  8. #8d9093
  9. #898b8c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b4b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2b5be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb3be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b7b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb5be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb4be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8b6ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abb5be {
  color: #abb5be;
}
Background
.bg-abb5be {
  background-color: #abb5be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abb5be {
  border: 2px solid #abb5be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abb5be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 181 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 13% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abb5be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abb5be, #ababbe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abb5be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 181 190 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.27 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.27 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.42 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.86 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.69 #544a41 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#abb5be  rgb(171, 181, 190)  hsl(208, 13%, 71%)  Dark Gray
#beb4ab  rgb(190, 180, 171)  hsl(28, 13%, 71%)  Silver
#beabb5  rgb(190, 171, 181)  hsl(328, 13%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#b5beab  rgb(181, 190, 171)  hsl(88, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray