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Recognised as Colour

#ABC3EF

  • #ABC3EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABC3EF is a blue with RGB values 171, 195, 239 and HSL 219°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABC3EF#ABC3EF
HEX#ABC3EF
RGBrgb(171, 195, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7647, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.1%, 76.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(218.8, 68%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.8, 28.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,256,815
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC3EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#543C10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C5F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBFEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#98CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Light blue · ΔE 18.8Thistle · ΔE 19.2Lavender · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD7AB
Analogous#ABE5EF, #B5ABEF
Triadic#EFABC3, #C3EFAB
Split complementary#EFB5AB, #E5EFAB
Tetradic#EFABE5, #EFD7AB, #ABEFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6E2F7
Darker −10%#80A4E7
Darker −20%#5586DF
Darker −30%#2A67D7
Darker −40%#2152AD
More saturated +25%#9FBFFC
Less saturated −25%#B8C7E3

Channel breakdown

R171
G195
B239
Red171 (67.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue218.82°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C3 · B EF

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