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Recognised as Colour

#ABCDEF

  • #ABCDEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABCDEF is a blue with RGB values 171, 205, 239 and HSL 210°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABCDEF#ABCDEF
HEX#ABCDEF
RGBrgb(171, 205, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.8039, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.1%, 80.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(210, 68%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 28.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,259,375
CSS custom property--colour: #ABCDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#543210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CDF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#97D5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 11.8Lavender · ΔE 16.9Powder blue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFCDAB
Analogous#ABEFEF, #ABABEF
Triadic#EFABCD, #CDEFAB
Split complementary#EFABAB, #EFEFAB
Tetradic#EFABEF, #EFCDAB, #ABEFAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6E7F7
Darker −10%#80B3E7
Darker −20%#559ADF
Darker −30%#2A81D7
Darker −40%#2167AD
More saturated +25%#9FCDFC
Less saturated −25%#B8CDE3

Channel breakdown

R171
G205
B239
Red171 (67.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G CD · B EF

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