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Recognised as Colour

#ABC7EF

  • #ABC7EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABC7EF is a blue with RGB values 171, 199, 239 and HSL 215°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABC7EF#ABC7EF
HEX#ABC7EF
RGBrgb(171, 199, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7804, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.1%, 78%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(215.3, 68%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 28.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,257,839
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.15:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#543810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C9F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C2EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#98CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 16Lavender · ΔE 18.5Thistle · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD3AB
Analogous#ABE9EF, #B1ABEF
Triadic#EFABC7, #C7EFAB
Split complementary#EFB1AB, #E9EFAB
Tetradic#EFABE9, #EFD3AB, #ABEFB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6E4F7
Darker −10%#80AAE7
Darker −20%#558EDF
Darker −30%#2A71D7
Darker −40%#215BAD
More saturated +25%#9FC5FC
Less saturated −25%#B8C9E3

Channel breakdown

R171
G199
B239
Red171 (67.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C7 · B EF

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