#ABC2BA

sRGB: 171 / 194 / 186

Radiant blossoms rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames illuminate hidden worlds

#ABC2BA belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 171 red, 194 green and 186 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 159.1° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 15.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 171, 194, 186
HSL: 159.13°, 15.86%, 71.57%
HSV / HSB: 159.13°, 11.86%, 76.08%
CMYK (approx.): 11.86%, 0.00%, 4.12%, 23.92%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.947, 50.786, 53.891
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.549, -9.372, 1.376
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50787
24-bit decimal: 11256506

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ABC2BA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.16:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#C2ABB3 sits half a turn (180°) from #ABC2BA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ABC2BA #C2ABB3

Analogous

#ABC2AF and #ABBEC2 sit 30° to either side of #ABC2BA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ABC2AF #ABC2BA #ABBEC2

Triadic

#ABC2BA, #BAABC2 and #C2BAAB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ABC2BA #BAABC2 #C2BAAB

Split complementary

Start at #ABC2BA and look across the wheel. #C2ABBE and #C2AFAB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ABC2BA #C2ABBE #C2AFAB

Square

Starting with #ABC2BA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFABC2, #C2ABB3, then #BEC2AB. Across the square, #ABC2BA pairs with #C2ABB3, and #AFABC2 with #BEC2AB.

#ABC2BA #AFABC2 #C2ABB3 #BEC2AB

Tetradic

#ABC2BA and #C2ABB3 are opposites, as are #ABB3C2 and #C2BAAB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ABC2BA #ABB3C2 #C2ABB3 #C2BAAB

Tints

Mixing #ABC2BA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCCEC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEF3F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#ABC2BA #BCCEC8 #CDDAD6 #DDE7E3 #EEF3F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ABC2BA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #899B95, keeps 80% of the original. By #222725, the mixture is 80% black.

#ABC2BA #899B95 #677470 #444E4A #222725 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ABC2BA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2B5AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #898D8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ABC2BA #A2B5AE #9AA8A3 #919A97 #898D8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ABC2BA

RGB

rgb(171 194 186)

HSL

hsl(159.130 15.862% 71.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ABC2BA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ABC2BA uses 171 red, 194 green and 186 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.1%

Green 76.1%

Blue 72.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ABC2BA is 11.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.1% yellow and 23.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 4.1%

Black 23.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AABBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ABB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ABC2BA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AABBBB Nearest web-safe: #99CCCC

Gradient to complement

#ABC2BA #AFBEB9 #B3BAB8 #B7B7B7 #BAB3B5 #BEAFB4 #C2ABB3

Color vision previews

Compare how #ABC2BA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C0BFBA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BCBCBB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A6C3C0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B9C0BA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B7BEBA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ABC2BC

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B4BFBB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.40724 G 0.53948 B 0.49102

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68773 G 0.75801 B 0.73079

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.43072 G 0.53509 B 0.49310

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.300 y 0.339 Y 50.786

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.941 M % 23.922 Y % 27.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101011 11000010 10111010