Tires: Visual Look Question ?

Hello,

Just put on a new set of Continental All Season "Pure Contact" on a 2005 Honda Accord EX6. Size is 205/60 R16 V rated.

Tire pressures are where the car's sticker says they should be, around

Never had tires that looked like this.

For all 4 of them, the amount of rubber, in a radial direction, that shows around the road contact area, is really reduced, or looks "squished", compared to what is showing on the top of the tire.

Not quite, but really looks almost "flat". True for all four of them. Really bothers me, as I keep thinking they are flat, but a tire p check shows the correct pressures.

Is this common with some of these new tires, or...?

I don't think that these tires are considered "low profile".

Thanks, Bob