Recognised as Colour

#ABBED5

#ABBED5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBED5 is a blue with RGB values 171, 190, 213 and HSL 213°, 33%, 75%. 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

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HEX#ABBED5

RGBrgb(171, 190, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7451, 0.8353

RGB percentages67.1%, 74.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(212.9, 33.3%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(212.9, 19.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK19.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,255,509

CSS custom property--colour: #ABBED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1

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

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#54412A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6BED6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1BAD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A0C3C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 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 text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 2.7 Light blue · ΔE 12.2 Silver · ΔE 13.9 Dark grey · ΔE 15.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.5 Thistle · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 2.7, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5C2AB

Analogous#ABD3D5, #ADABD5

Triadic#D5ABBE, #BED5AB

Split complementary#D5ADAB, #D3D5AB

Tetradic#D5ABD3, #D5C2AB, #ABD5AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFF3F7

Lighter +10%#CDD8E6

Darker −10%#89A4C4

Darker −20%#6789B3

Darker −30%#4D709A

Darker −40%#3C5778

More saturated +25%#9BBCE5

Less saturated −25%#BBC0C5

Channel breakdown

R171

G190

B213

Red171 (67.1%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue212.86°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G BE · B D5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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