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Recognised as Colour

#AAB5FD

  • #AAB5FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#AAB5FD is a blue with RGB values 170, 181, 253 and HSL 232°, 95%, 83%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#AAB5FD#AAB5FD
HEX#AAB5FD
RGBrgb(170, 181, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7098, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.7%, 71%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(232, 95.4%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 32.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,187,709
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.74:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#554A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#93C3CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5Plum · ΔE 25Light skyblue · ΔE 25.2Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8Thistle · ΔE 28Steel blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDF2AA
Analogous#AADEFD, #C8AAFD
Triadic#FDAAB5, #B5FDAA
Split complementary#FDC9AA, #DEFDAA
Tetradic#FDAADE, #FDF2AA, #AAFDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCE0FE
Darker −10%#788AFC
Darker −20%#465EFB
Darker −30%#1533F9
Darker −40%#0521D6
More saturated +25%#A8B4FF
Less saturated −25%#B5BDF2

Channel breakdown

R170
G181
B253
Red170 (66.7%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue232.05°
Saturation (HSL)95.4%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G B5 · B FD

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