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Recognised as Colour

#ABAEDF

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

#ABAEDF is a blue with RGB values 171, 174, 223 and HSL 237°, 45%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABAEDF#ABAEDF
HEX#ABAEDF
RGBrgb(171, 174, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6824, 0.8745
RGB percentages67.1%, 68.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(236.5, 44.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.5, 23.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK23.3%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,251,423
CSS custom property--colour: #ABAEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#545120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B3E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB0DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#9FB7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 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 text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Thistle · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 21.8Plum · ΔE 23.4Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDCAB
Analogous#ABC8DF, #C2ABDF
Triadic#DFABAE, #AEDFAB
Split complementary#DFC2AB, #C8DFAB
Tetradic#DFABC8, #DFDCAB, #ABDFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F5FB
Lighter +10%#D0D2ED
Darker −10%#868AD1
Darker −20%#6167C3
Darker −30%#4249AF
Darker −40%#34398A
More saturated +25%#9CA1EE
Less saturated −25%#B9BBD0

Channel breakdown

R171
G174
B223
Red171 (67.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue236.54°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G AE · B DF

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