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Recognised as Colour

#ABC6D5

  • #ABC6D5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABC6D5 is a blue with RGB values 171, 198, 213 and HSL 201°, 33%, 75%. 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

#ABC6D5#ABC6D5
HEX#ABC6D5
RGBrgb(171, 198, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7765, 0.8353
RGB percentages67.1%, 77.6%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(201.4, 33.3%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 19.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK19.7%, 7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,257,557
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC6D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#54392A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC5D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C0D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9FCACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 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 text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Silver · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5BAAB
Analogous#ABD5CF, #ABB1D5
Triadic#D5ABC6, #C6D5AB
Split complementary#D5ABB1, #D5CFAB
Tetradic#CFABD5, #D5BAAB, #B1D5AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF4F7
Lighter +10%#CDDDE6
Darker −10%#89AFC4
Darker −20%#6798B3
Darker −30%#4D7F9A
Darker −40%#3C6378
More saturated +25%#9BCBE5
Less saturated −25%#BBC2C5

Channel breakdown

R171
G198
B213
Red171 (67.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue201.43°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C6 · B D5

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