Recognised as Colour

#ABBDDB

#ABBDDB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBDDB is a blue with RGB values 171, 189, 219 and HSL 217°, 40%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBDDB#ABBDDB

HEX#ABBDDB

RGBrgb(171, 189, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7412, 0.8588

RGB percentages67.1%, 74.1%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(217.5, 40%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 21.9%, 85.9%)

CMYK21.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,255,259

CSS custom property--colour: #ABBDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1

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

Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#544224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3BEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9FC3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 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 text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Thistle · ΔE 15.6 Sky blue · ΔE 16 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3 Silver · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.32, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBC9AB

Analogous#ABD5DB, #B1ABDB

Triadic#DBABBD, #BDDBAB

Split complementary#DBB1AB, #D5DBAB

Tetradic#DBABD5, #DBC9AB, #ABDBB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F5FA

Lighter +10%#CFD9EA

Darker −10%#87A1CC

Darker −20%#6485BC

Darker −30%#476BA6

Darker −40%#385482

More saturated +25%#9CB9EA

Less saturated −25%#BAC1CC

Channel breakdown

R171

G189

B219

Red171 (67.1%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G BD · B DB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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