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Recognised as Colour

#ABD8EB

  • #ABD8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ABD8EB is a cyan with RGB values 171, 216, 235 and HSL 198°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ABD8EB#ABD8EB
HEX#ABD8EB
RGBrgb(171, 216, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.8471, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.1%, 84.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(197.8, 61.5%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 27.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK27.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,262,187
CSS custom property--colour: #ABD8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#542714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#97DEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.5Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.68, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBBEAB
Analogous#ABEBDE, #ABB8EB
Triadic#EBABD8, #D8EBAB
Split complementary#EBABB8, #EBDEAB
Tetradic#DEABEB, #EBBEAB, #B8EBAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#D4EBF5
Darker −10%#82C5E1
Darker −20%#59B2D7
Darker −30%#319ECC
Darker −40%#277EA3
More saturated +25%#9EDDF8
Less saturated −25%#B8D3DE

Channel breakdown

R171
G216
B235
Red171 (67.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue197.81°
Saturation (HSL)61.54%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G D8 · B EB

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