Colour

#AABDFF

#AABDFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#AABDFF is a blue with RGB values 170, 189, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AABDFF#AABDFF

HEX#AABDFF

RGBrgb(170, 189, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7412, 1

RGB percentages66.7%, 74.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(226.6, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.6, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK33.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,189,759

CSS custom property--colour: #AABDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#554200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1BCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#92CAD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8 Thistle · ΔE 25.9 Sky blue · ΔE 27 Plum · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 20.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFECAA

Analogous#AAE7FF, #C2AAFF

Triadic#FFAABD, #BDFFAA

Split complementary#FFC2AA, #E7FFAA

Tetradic#FFAAE7, #FFECAA, #AAFFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DDE5FF

Darker −10%#7795FF

Darker −20%#446EFF

Darker −30%#1146FF

Darker −40%#0031DD

More saturated +25%#AABDFF

Less saturated −25%#B5C3F4

Channel breakdown

R170

G189

B255

Red170 (66.7%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue226.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G BD · B FF

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Colour values

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