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Recognised as Colour

#ABBEC9

  • #ABBEC9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBEC9 is a blue with RGB values 171, 190, 201 and HSL 202°, 22%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBEC9#ABBEC9
HEX#ABBEC9
RGBrgb(171, 190, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7451, 0.7882
RGB percentages67.1%, 74.5%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(202, 21.7%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 14.9%, 78.8%)
CMYK14.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,255,497
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#544136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BDCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#A3C1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 11Dark grey · ΔE 11Light grey · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9B6AB
Analogous#ABC9C5, #ABAFC9
Triadic#C9ABBE, #BEC9AB
Split complementary#C9ABAF, #C9C5AB
Tetradic#C5ABC9, #C9B6AB, #AFC9AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EEF1
Lighter +10%#CAD6DD
Darker −10%#8CA6B5
Darker −20%#6D8EA1
Darker −30%#567485
Darker −40%#425966
More saturated +25%#9AC3DA
Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R171
G190
B201
Red171 (67.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue202°
Saturation (HSL)21.74%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G BE · B C9

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