Recognised as Colour

#ABD1DD

#ABD1DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#ABD1DD is a cyan with RGB values 171, 209, 221 and HSL 194°, 42%, 77%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#ABD1DD#ABD1DD

HEX#ABD1DD

RGBrgb(171, 209, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.8196, 0.8667

RGB percentages67.1%, 82%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(194.4, 42.4%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 22.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK22.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,260,381

CSS custom property--colour: #ABD1DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.9 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#542E22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9CEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9CD5D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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 blue · ΔE 2.9 Powder blue · ΔE 6.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5 Sky blue · ΔE 12.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Light grey · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.85, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DDB7AB

Analogous#ABDDD0, #ABB8DD

Triadic#DDABD1, #D1DDAB

Split complementary#DDABB8, #DDD0AB

Tetradic#D0ABDD, #DDB7AB, #B8DDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F9FA

Lighter +10%#CFE5EC

Darker −10%#87BDCE

Darker −20%#62A9C0

Darker −30%#4592AA

Darker −40%#367386

More saturated +25%#9CD9EC

Less saturated −25%#BAC9CE

Channel breakdown

R171

G209

B221

Red171 (67.1%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue194.4°

Saturation (HSL)42.37%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G D1 · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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