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Recognised as Colour

#ABC6FF

  • #ABC6FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#ABC6FF is a blue with RGB values 171, 198, 255 and HSL 221°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#ABC6FF#ABC6FF
HEX#ABC6FF
RGBrgb(171, 198, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7765, 1
RGB percentages67.1%, 77.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(220.7, 100%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.7, 32.9%, 100%)
CMYK32.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,257,599
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#543900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABC2FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#92D2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Thistle · ΔE 23.6Lavender · ΔE 24.5Light blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE4AB
Analogous#ABF0FF, #BAABFF
Triadic#FFABC6, #C6FFAB
Split complementary#FFBAAB, #F0FFAB
Tetradic#FFABF0, #FFE4AB, #ABFFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE9FF
Darker −10%#78A3FF
Darker −20%#4581FF
Darker −30%#125EFF
Darker −40%#0047DE
More saturated +25%#ABC6FF
Less saturated −25%#B5CAF4

Channel breakdown

R171
G198
B255
Red171 (67.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue220.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C6 · B FF

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