Information about #ACB6BB color

#ACB6BB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #ACB6BB is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Desaturated and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(172, 182, 187) — 67.5% red, 71.4% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 2 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #ACB6BB floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB). Nearby in the Register you will also find Casper (#AAB5B8) and Longitude (#AEB7C0).

In RGB terms — rgb(172, 182, 187) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #ACB6BB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. #ACB6BB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#ACB6BB color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ACB6BB color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ACB6BB

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Surrender color link
Surrender

#B5B7B7

Eskimo color link
Eskimo

#A2B4BA

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ACB6BB
  • RGB172, 182, 187
  • CMYK6, 2, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(172, 182, 187)
  • HSL200°, 10%, 70%
  • HSL Precise200°, 9.934%, 70.392%
  • HSV200°, 8%, 73%
  • HSB200°, 8%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.714, 0.733)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.714, 0.733, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.714, 0.733)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDACB6BB
  • DECIMAL ID11318971
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01