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Recognised as Colour

#ABC8CB

  • #ABC8CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ABC8CB is a cyan with RGB values 171, 200, 203 and HSL 186°, 24%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ABC8CB#ABC8CB
HEX#ABC8CB
RGBrgb(171, 200, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7843, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.1%, 78.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(185.6, 23.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 15.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK15.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,258,059
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#543734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC1CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A2CAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBAEAB
Analogous#ABCBBE, #ABB8CB
Triadic#CBABC8, #C8CBAB
Split complementary#CBABB8, #CBBEAB
Tetradic#BEABCB, #CBAEAB, #B8CBAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF1F2
Lighter +10%#CBDDDF
Darker −10%#8BB3B7
Darker −20%#6C9FA4
Darker −30%#558488
Darker −40%#416569
More saturated +25%#9AD6DC
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R171
G200
B203
Red171 (67.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue185.62°
Saturation (HSL)23.53%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C8 · B CB

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