All About Color #A9BCBB

#A9BCBB

About #A9BCBB

#A9BCBB is a light cyan color with the hex code #A9BCBB. In RGB it is red 169, green 188, blue 187; in HSL it is hue 177°, saturation 12%, lightness 70%; in CMYK it is 10%, 0%, 1%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 1.98:1 on white and 10.60:1 on black.

#A9BCBB Color Conversion

Hex tripletA9, BC, BB
CMYK10.11%, 0.00%, 0.53%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal169, 188, 187
HSL177°, 12%, 70%
RGB Octal251, 274, 273
HSV (HSB)176.84°, 10.11%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10101001, 10111100, 10111011
CIE-L*AB74.82, -6.69, -1.72
RGB Percent66.27%, 73.73%, 73.33%
CIE-L*CH74.82, 6.90, 194.43
XYZ43.32, 47.99, 53.99
CIE-L*UV74.82, -10.26, -1.43
xyY0.30, 0.33, 47.99
Hunter-Lab69.27, -9.62, 2.28
RYB66.27%, 70.10%, 73.73%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A9BCBB on a dark background: contrast 10.60:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A9BCBB on a light background: contrast 1.98:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #A9BCBB, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#A9BCBB · #DDE4E4 · #769392 · #BCA9AA · #E4DDDD

Analogous palette

#AABCA9 · #A9BCB2 · #A9BCBB · #A9B3BC · #A9AABC

Triadic palette

#A9BCBB · #BBA9BC · #BCBBA9 · #DDE4E4 · #E4DDE4

Tetradic palette

#A9BCBB · #B2A9BC · #BCA9AA · #B3BCA9 · #769392

Monochromatic palette

#5A7271 · #7E9A99 · #A9BCBB · #D4DDDD · #F1F4F4

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