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Recognised as Colour

#ABC8F3

  • #ABC8F3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABC8F3 is a blue with RGB values 171, 200, 243 and HSL 216°, 75%, 81%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#ABC8F3#ABC8F3
HEX#ABC8F3
RGBrgb(171, 200, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7843, 0.9529
RGB percentages67.1%, 78.4%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(215.8, 75%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 29.6%, 95.3%)
CMYK29.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,258,099
CSS custom property--colour: #ABC8F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.29:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#54370C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9CAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C3F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#96D1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 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 text12.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 17.3Lavender · ΔE 19.3Thistle · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3D6AB
Analogous#ABECF3, #B2ABF3
Triadic#F3ABC8, #C8F3AB
Split complementary#F3B2AB, #ECF3AB
Tetradic#F3ABEC, #F3D6AB, #ABF3B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E5F9
Darker −10%#7EABED
Darker −20%#528EE6
Darker −30%#2570E0
Darker −40%#1A5AB8
More saturated +25%#9FC6FF
Less saturated −25%#B7CAE7

Channel breakdown

R171
G200
B243
Red171 (67.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue215.83°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G C8 · B F3

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