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Recognised as Colour

#ABCFEF

  • #ABCFEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ABCFEF is a blue with RGB values 171, 207, 239 and HSL 208°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ABCFEF#ABCFEF
HEX#ABCFEF
RGBrgb(171, 207, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.8118, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.1%, 81.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(208.2, 68%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 28.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,259,887
CSS custom property--colour: #ABCFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#543010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#97D7D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Lavender · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFCBAB
Analogous#ABEFED, #ABADEF
Triadic#EFABCF, #CFEFAB
Split complementary#EFABAD, #EFEDAB
Tetradic#EDABEF, #EFCBAB, #ADEFAB

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%#80B7E7
Darker −20%#559EDF
Darker −30%#2A86D7
Darker −40%#216BAD
More saturated +25%#9FD0FC
Less saturated −25%#B8CEE3

Channel breakdown

R171
G207
B239
Red171 (67.1%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue208.24°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G CF · B EF

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