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Recognised as Colour

#ABCADB

  • #ABCADB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ABCADB is a blue with RGB values 171, 202, 219 and HSL 201°, 40%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ABCADB#ABCADB
HEX#ABCADB
RGBrgb(171, 202, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.7922, 0.8588
RGB percentages67.1%, 79.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(201.3, 40%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 21.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK21.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,258,587
CSS custom property--colour: #ABCADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.2:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#543524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC3DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9DCFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Silver · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBCAB
Analogous#ABDBD4, #ABB2DB
Triadic#DBABCA, #CADBAB
Split complementary#DBABB2, #DBD4AB
Tetradic#D4ABDB, #DBBCAB, #B2DBAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F7FA
Lighter +10%#CFE1EA
Darker −10%#87B3CC
Darker −20%#649DBC
Darker −30%#4784A6
Darker −40%#386882
More saturated +25%#9CCEEA
Less saturated −25%#BAC6CC

Channel breakdown

R171
G202
B219
Red171 (67.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue201.25°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G CA · B DB

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