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Recognised as Colour

#ABC1DF

  • #ABC1DF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABC1DF is a blue with RGB values 171, 193, 223 and HSL 215°, 45%, 77%. 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

#ABC1DF#ABC1DF
HEX#ABC1DF
RGBrgb(171, 193, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7569, 0.8745
RGB percentages67.1%, 75.7%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(214.6, 44.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.6, 23.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK23.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,256,287
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC1DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#543E20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C2E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9DC7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 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 text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 2.5Light blue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 16.6Lavender · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 2.5, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC9AB
Analogous#ABDBDF, #AFABDF
Triadic#DFABC1, #C1DFAB
Split complementary#DFAFAB, #DBDFAB
Tetradic#DFABDB, #DFC9AB, #ABDFAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F8FB
Lighter +10%#D0DCED
Darker −10%#86A6D1
Darker −20%#618AC3
Darker −30%#4270AF
Darker −40%#34588A
More saturated +25%#9CBFEE
Less saturated −25%#B9C3D0

Channel breakdown

R171
G193
B223
Red171 (67.1%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue214.62°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C1 · B DF

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