Colour

#ABBEEB

#ABBEEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBEEB is a blue with RGB values 171, 190, 235 and HSL 222°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBEEB#ABBEEB

HEX#ABBEEB

RGBrgb(171, 190, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7451, 0.9216

RGB percentages67.1%, 74.5%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(222.2, 61.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 27.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK27.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,255,531

CSS custom property--colour: #ABBEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#544114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0C1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AABBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9AC7CDno 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 text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1 Thistle · ΔE 18.4 Sky blue · ΔE 18.7 Light blue · ΔE 20.5 Lavender · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBD8AB

Analogous#ABDEEB, #B8ABEB

Triadic#EBABBE, #BEEBAB

Split complementary#EBB8AB, #DEEBAB

Tetradic#EBABDE, #EBD8AB, #ABEBB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFEFF

Lighter +10%#D4DEF5

Darker −10%#829EE1

Darker −20%#597ED7

Darker −30%#315FCC

Darker −40%#274CA3

More saturated +25%#9EB9F8

Less saturated −25%#B8C3DE

Channel breakdown

R171

G190

B235

Red171 (67.1%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue222.19°

Saturation (HSL)61.54%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G BE · B EB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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