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Recognised as Colour

#AABDCD

  • #AABDCD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AABDCD is a blue with RGB values 170, 189, 205 and HSL 207°, 26%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AABDCD#AABDCD
HEX#AABDCD
RGBrgb(170, 189, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7412, 0.8039
RGB percentages66.7%, 74.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(207.4, 25.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 17.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK17.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,189,709
CSS custom property--colour: #AABDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#554232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BDCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6Silver · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.3Dark grey · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDBAAA
Analogous#AACDCC, #AAACCD
Triadic#CDAABD, #BDCDAA
Split complementary#CDAAAC, #CDCCAA
Tetradic#CCAACD, #CDBAAA, #ACCDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEFF3
Lighter +10%#CAD6E0
Darker −10%#8AA4BA
Darker −20%#6A8BA7
Darker −30%#52718C
Darker −40%#3F576C
More saturated +25%#99BEDE
Less saturated −25%#BBBCBC

Channel breakdown

R170
G189
B205
Red170 (66.7%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue207.43°
Saturation (HSL)25.93%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G BD · B CD

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