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Recognised as Colour

#ABBFDD

  • #ABBFDD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBFDD is a blue with RGB values 171, 191, 221 and HSL 216°, 42%, 77%. 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

#ABBFDD#ABBFDD
HEX#ABBFDD
RGBrgb(171, 191, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.749, 0.8667
RGB percentages67.1%, 74.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(216, 42.4%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 22.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK22.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,255,773
CSS custom property--colour: #ABBFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#544022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BBDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 2.8Light blue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Thistle · ΔE 16.1Silver · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 2.8, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC9AB
Analogous#ABD8DD, #B0ABDD
Triadic#DDABBF, #BFDDAB
Split complementary#DDB0AB, #D8DDAB
Tetradic#DDABD8, #DDC9AB, #ABDDB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F6FA
Lighter +10%#CFDBEC
Darker −10%#87A3CE
Darker −20%#6288C0
Darker −30%#456DAA
Darker −40%#365686
More saturated +25%#9CBCEC
Less saturated −25%#BAC2CE

Channel breakdown

R171
G191
B221
Red171 (67.1%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)42.37%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G BF · B DD

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