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Recognised as Colour

#ABB6DF

  • #ABB6DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABB6DF is a blue with RGB values 171, 182, 223 and HSL 227°, 45%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABB6DF#ABB6DF
HEX#ABB6DF
RGBrgb(171, 182, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7137, 0.8745
RGB percentages67.1%, 71.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(227.3, 44.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.3, 23.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK23.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,253,471
CSS custom property--colour: #ABB6DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#544920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB9E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B5DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9EBEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Thistle · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Light blue · ΔE 21.1Lavender · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD4AB
Analogous#ABD0DF, #BAABDF
Triadic#DFABB6, #B6DFAB
Split complementary#DFBAAB, #D0DFAB
Tetradic#DFABD0, #DFD4AB, #ABDFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F6FB
Lighter +10%#D0D6ED
Darker −10%#8696D1
Darker −20%#6176C3
Darker −30%#4259AF
Darker −40%#34468A
More saturated +25%#9CAEEE
Less saturated −25%#B9BED0

Channel breakdown

R171
G182
B223
Red171 (67.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue227.31°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G B6 · B DF

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