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Recognised as Colour

#ABBAED

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

#ABBAED is a blue with RGB values 171, 186, 237 and HSL 226°, 65%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBAED#ABBAED
HEX#ABBAED
RGBrgb(171, 186, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7294, 0.9294
RGB percentages67.1%, 72.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(226.4, 64.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 27.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK27.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,254,509
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#544512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBEEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Thistle · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.9Lavender · ΔE 23.6Light blue · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDEAB
Analogous#ABDBED, #BDABED
Triadic#EDABBA, #BAEDAB
Split complementary#EDBDAB, #DBEDAB
Tetradic#EDABDB, #EDDEAB, #ABEDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5DDF6
Darker −10%#8197E4
Darker −20%#5775DB
Darker −30%#2D52D2
Darker −40%#2442A8
More saturated +25%#9EB3FA
Less saturated −25%#B8C1E0

Channel breakdown

R171
G186
B237
Red171 (67.1%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue226.36°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G BA · B ED

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