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Recognised as Colour

#ABB8DA

  • #ABB8DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABB8DA is a blue with RGB values 171, 184, 218 and HSL 223°, 39%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABB8DA#ABB8DA
HEX#ABB8DA
RGBrgb(171, 184, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7216, 0.8549
RGB percentages67.1%, 72.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(223.4, 38.8%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 21.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK21.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,253,978
CSS custom property--colour: #ABB8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#544725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB6D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A0BEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Thistle · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Silver · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACDAB
Analogous#ABD0DA, #B5ABDA
Triadic#DAABB8, #B8DAAB
Split complementary#DAB6AB, #D0DAAB
Tetradic#DAABD0, #DACDAB, #ABDAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F4F9
Lighter +10%#CED6EA
Darker −10%#889ACA
Darker −20%#647CBB
Darker −30%#4862A4
Darker −40%#394C80
More saturated +25%#9CB1E9
Less saturated −25%#BABFCB

Channel breakdown

R171
G184
B218
Red171 (67.1%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue223.4°
Saturation (HSL)38.84%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G B8 · B DA

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