Recognised as Colour

#ABBBEC

#ABBBEC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBBEC is a blue with RGB values 171, 187, 236 and HSL 225°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBBEC#ABBBEC

HEX#ABBBEC

RGBrgb(171, 187, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7333, 0.9255

RGB percentages67.1%, 73.3%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(225.2, 63.1%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.2, 27.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK27.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,254,764

CSS custom property--colour: #ABBBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#544413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ACBFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7B9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9AC4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Thistle · ΔE 19.1 Sky blue · ΔE 20.9 Lavender · ΔE 22.8 Light blue · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECDCAB

Analogous#ABDBEC, #BCABEC

Triadic#ECABBB, #BBECAB

Split complementary#ECBCAB, #DCECAB

Tetradic#ECABDB, #ECDCAB, #ABECBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFF

Lighter +10%#D5DDF5

Darker −10%#8199E3

Darker −20%#5878D9

Darker −30%#2F56CF

Darker −40%#2545A6

More saturated +25%#9EB4F9

Less saturated −25%#B8C2DF

Channel breakdown

R171

G187

B236

Red171 (67.1%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue225.23°

Saturation (HSL)63.11%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G BB · B EC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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