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Recognised as Colour

#ABCEEC

  • #ABCEEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABCEEC is a blue with RGB values 171, 206, 236 and HSL 208°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABCEEC#ABCEEC
HEX#ABCEEC
RGBrgb(171, 206, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.8078, 0.9255
RGB percentages67.1%, 80.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(207.7, 63.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.7, 27.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK27.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,259,628
CSS custom property--colour: #ABCEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#543113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#98D5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.7Light blue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Lavender · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC9AB
Analogous#ABECEA, #ABADEC
Triadic#ECABCE, #CEECAB
Split complementary#ECABAD, #ECEAAB
Tetradic#EAABEC, #ECC9AB, #ADECAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5E6F5
Darker −10%#81B6E3
Darker −20%#589DD9
Darker −30%#2F85CF
Darker −40%#256AA6
More saturated +25%#9ECFF9
Less saturated −25%#B8CDDF

Channel breakdown

R171
G206
B236
Red171 (67.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue207.69°
Saturation (HSL)63.11%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G CE · B EC

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