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Recognised as Colour

#ABADFE

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

#ABADFE is a blue with RGB values 171, 173, 254 and HSL 239°, 98%, 83%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ABADFE#ABADFE
HEX#ABADFE
RGBrgb(171, 173, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6784, 0.9961
RGB percentages67.1%, 67.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(238.6, 97.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.6, 32.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK32.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,251,198
CSS custom property--colour: #ABADFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#545201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#95BCCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.7Plum · ΔE 23.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 28Medium purple · ΔE 28.4Steel blue · ΔE 31.1Light skyblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEFCAB
Analogous#ABD6FE, #D3ABFE
Triadic#FEABAD, #ADFEAB
Split complementary#FED2AB, #D7FEAB
Tetradic#FEABD6, #FEFCAB, #ABFED2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDDEFF
Darker −10%#797CFD
Darker −20%#464BFD
Darker −30%#1419FC
Darker −40%#0308DA
More saturated +25%#AAACFF
Less saturated −25%#B6B7F3

Channel breakdown

R171
G173
B254
Red171 (67.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue238.55°
Saturation (HSL)97.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G AD · B FE

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