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Recognised as Colour

#ABC8C4

  • #ABC8C4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#ABC8C4 is a cyan with RGB values 171, 200, 196 and HSL 172°, 21%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ABC8C4#ABC8C4
HEX#ABC8C4
RGBrgb(171, 200, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7843, 0.7686
RGB percentages67.1%, 78.4%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(171.7, 20.9%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 14.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK14.5%, 0%, 2%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,258,052
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC8C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#54373B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C5C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC0C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#A3C9C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 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 text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 12.2Dark grey · ΔE 14Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8ABAF
Analogous#ABC8B6, #ABBDC8
Triadic#C4ABC8, #C8C4AB
Split complementary#C8ABBD, #C8B5AB
Tetradic#B5ABC8, #C8ABAF, #BDC8AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0EF
Lighter +10%#CADCDA
Darker −10%#8CB4AE
Darker −20%#6DA099
Darker −30%#56847D
Darker −40%#426560
More saturated +25%#9AD9D1
Less saturated −25%#B9B9B9

Channel breakdown

R171
G200
B196
Red171 (67.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue171.72°
Saturation (HSL)20.86%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AB · G C8 · B C4

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