All About Color #A9BCBA

#A9BCBA

About #A9BCBA

#A9BCBA is a light cyan color with the hex code #A9BCBA. In RGB it is red 169, green 188, blue 186; in HSL it is hue 174°, saturation 12%, lightness 70%; in CMYK it is 10%, 0%, 1%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 1.98:1 on white and 10.59:1 on black.

#A9BCBA Color Conversion

Hex tripletA9, BC, BA
CMYK10.11%, 0.00%, 1.06%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal169, 188, 186
HSL174°, 12%, 70%
RGB Octal251, 274, 272
HSV (HSB)173.68°, 10.11%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10101001, 10111100, 10111010
CIE-L*AB74.79, -6.89, -1.22
RGB Percent66.27%, 73.73%, 72.94%
CIE-L*CH74.79, 6.99, 190.01
XYZ43.21, 47.95, 53.43
CIE-L*UV74.79, -10.23, -0.63
xyY0.30, 0.33, 47.95
Hunter-Lab69.24, -9.79, 2.72
RYB66.27%, 70.21%, 73.73%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A9BCBA on a dark background: contrast 10.59:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A9BCBA on a light background: contrast 1.98:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #A9BCBA, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #A9BCBA. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#A9BCBA · #DDE4E3 · #769390 · #BCA9AB · #E4DDDD

Analogous palette

#ABBCA9 · #A9BCB1 · #A9BCBA · #A9B4BC · #A9ABBC

Triadic palette

#A9BCBA · #BAA9BC · #BCBAA9 · #DDE4E3 · #E3DDE4

Tetradic palette

#A9BCBA · #B1A9BC · #BCA9AB · #B4BCA9 · #769390

Monochromatic palette

#5A7270 · #7E9A97 · #A9BCBA · #D4DDDC · #F1F4F3

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