What is hex #ABCBCB color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 67% red, 80% green and 80% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (171,203,203).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (16%, 0%, 0%, 20%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #ABCBCB features a hue of 180°, 16% saturation, and a brightness value of 80%.

Hex #ABCBCB Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #ABCBCB
RGB Values (171,203,203)
CMYK Values (16%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
HSV/HSB Values (180°, 16%, 80%)
Closest Web Safe
#99CCCC
Inverse Color
#543434
Closest Pantone®
5513 C
Closest RAL
RAL 9018 [Papyrus white]
Complementary Color
#CBABAB

#ABCBCB Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#C0C0C0
Lightness (Desaturation)
#BBBBBB
Weighted (BT601)
#C1C1C1
Luma (BT709)
#C4C4C4

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #ABCBCB complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #ABCBCB

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #ABCBCB.

Contrast Ratio: 1.73:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #ABCBCB

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #ABCBCB.

Contrast Ratio: 12.14:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #ABCBCB Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #ABCBCB is #CBABAB. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #ABCBCB you will find #CBABAB. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#ABCBCB #CBABAB

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #ABCBCB is composed with colors #ABCBBB and #ABBBCB. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #ABCBCB with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#ABCBBB #ABCBCB #ABBBCB

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #ABCBCB is composed with colors #CBBBAB and #CBABBB. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#ABCBCB #CBBBAB #CBABBB

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #ABCBCB is composed with colors #CBCBAB and #CBABCB. They are located to the right and left of your main color #ABCBCB with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#ABCBCB #CBCBAB #CBABCB

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #ABCBCB is composed with colors #CBABCB, #CBABAB and #ABCBAB A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#ABCBCB #CBABCB #CBABAB #ABCBAB

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #ABCBCB is composed with colors #BBABCB, #CBABAB and #BBCBAB To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#ABCBCB #BBABCB #CBABAB #BBCBAB

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #ABCBCB

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #ABCBCB.

#ABCBCB #B7D2D2 #C4DADA #D0E2E2 #DDEAEA #EAF2F2 #F6F9F9 #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#ABCBCB #B1C4C4 #B8BDBD #BBBBBB

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#ABCBCB #9EC3C3 #91BBBB #85B3B3 #78ABAB #6CA4A4 #609B9B #588E8E

Hex #ABCBCB in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #ABCBCB
Java new Color(171,203,203);
Python Color(#ABCBCB)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 171,203,203);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.67, green: 0.8, blue: 0.8, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(171, 203, 203)