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Recognised as Colour

#ABBDEA

  • #ABBDEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBDEA is a blue with RGB values 171, 189, 234 and HSL 223°, 60%, 79%. 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

#ABBDEA#ABBDEA
HEX#ABBDEA
RGBrgb(171, 189, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7412, 0.9176
RGB percentages67.1%, 74.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(222.9, 60%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 26.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,255,274
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBDEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50994WCAG 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 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#544215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABBE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 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 text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Thistle · ΔE 18.2Sky blue · ΔE 19Light blue · ΔE 20.8Lavender · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD8AB
Analogous#ABDCEA, #B9ABEA
Triadic#EAABBD, #BDEAAB
Split complementary#EAB8AB, #DDEAAB
Tetradic#EAABDC, #EAD8AB, #ABEAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFE
Lighter +10%#D4DDF4
Darker −10%#829DE0
Darker −20%#597DD6
Darker −30%#325ECA
Darker −40%#284BA1
More saturated +25%#9EB7F7
Less saturated −25%#B8C3DD

Channel breakdown

R171
G189
B234
Red171 (67.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G BD · B EA

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