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Recognised as Colour

#ABBCEE

  • #ABBCEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBCEE is a blue with RGB values 171, 188, 238 and HSL 225°, 66%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBCEE#ABBCEE
HEX#ABBCEE
RGBrgb(171, 188, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7373, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.1%, 73.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(224.8, 66.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 28.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.2%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,255,022
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#544311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC0F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#99C6CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 21Lavender · ΔE 23Light blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDDAB
Analogous#ABDEEE, #BCABEE
Triadic#EEABBC, #BCEEAB
Split complementary#EEBBAB, #DEEEAB
Tetradic#EEABDE, #EEDDAB, #ABEEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5DEF7
Darker −10%#819AE5
Darker −20%#5678DD
Darker −30%#2C57D4
Darker −40%#2345AA
More saturated +25%#9EB6FB
Less saturated −25%#B8C2E1

Channel breakdown

R171
G188
B238
Red171 (67.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue224.78°
Saturation (HSL)66.34%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G BC · B EE

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