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Recognised as Colour

#ABACEC

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

#ABACEC is a blue with RGB values 171, 172, 236 and HSL 239°, 63%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ABACEC#ABACEC
HEX#ABACEC
RGBrgb(171, 172, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6745, 0.9255
RGB percentages67.1%, 67.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(239.1, 63.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 27.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK27.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,250,924
CSS custom property--colour: #ABACEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#545313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AFEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BB7C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Plum · ΔE 21.5Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3Thistle · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECEBAB
Analogous#ABCDEC, #CBABEC
Triadic#ECABAC, #ACECAB
Split complementary#ECCBAB, #CDECAB
Tetradic#ECABCD, #ECEBAB, #ABECCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#D5D5F5
Darker −10%#8183E3
Darker −20%#585AD9
Darker −30%#2F31CF
Darker −40%#2527A6
More saturated +25%#9EA0F9
Less saturated −25%#B8B8DF

Channel breakdown

R171
G172
B236
Red171 (67.1%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue239.08°
Saturation (HSL)63.11%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G AC · B EC

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