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#A1BABE

Silver · light cool teal

About #A1BABE

With the hex code #A1BABE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 63% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 9.9 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEA5A1, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red161
Green186
Blue190

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.4
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 12.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #A1BABE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #A1BABE.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #A1BABE.
10.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A1BABE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A1BABE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B8BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0B4BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#99BCBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A1BABE?

With the hex code #A1BABE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 63% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A1BABE?

Use black text. Black on #A1BABE has a contrast ratio of 10.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A1BABE?

Its complementary colour is #BEA5A1, and analogous partners are #A1BEB4 and #A1ABBE.