Colour

#ABBFEB

#ABBFEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABBFEB is a blue with RGB values 171, 191, 235 and HSL 221°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABBFEB#ABBFEB

HEX#ABBFEB

RGBrgb(171, 191, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.749, 0.9216

RGB percentages67.1%, 74.9%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(221.3, 61.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 27.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK27.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,255,787

CSS custom property--colour: #ABBFEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#544014

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1C2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABBCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9AC8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6 Sky blue · ΔE 18.1 Thistle · ΔE 18.3 Light blue · ΔE 19.8 Lavender · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBD7AB

Analogous#ABDFEB, #B7ABEB

Triadic#EBABBF, #BFEBAB

Split complementary#EBB7AB, #DFEBAB

Tetradic#EBABDF, #EBD7AB, #ABEBB7

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%#82A0E1

Darker −20%#5980D7

Darker −30%#3161CC

Darker −40%#274EA3

More saturated +25%#9EBAF8

Less saturated −25%#B8C4DE

Channel breakdown

R171

G191

B235

Red171 (67.1%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue221.25°

Saturation (HSL)61.54%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G BF · 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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