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Recognised as Colour

#ABE8DD

  • #ABE8DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ABE8DD is a cyan with RGB values 171, 232, 221 and HSL 169°, 57%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ABE8DD#ABE8DD
HEX#ABE8DD
RGBrgb(171, 232, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.9098, 0.8667
RGB percentages67.1%, 91%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(169.2, 57%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 26.3%, 91%)
CMYK26.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,266,269
CSS custom property--colour: #ABE8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.32:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#541722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#99EAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light cyan · ΔE 15.5Honeydew · ΔE 18.7Azure · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8ABB6
Analogous#ABE8BF, #ABD4E8
Triadic#DDABE8, #E8DDAB
Split complementary#E8ABD4, #E8BFAB
Tetradic#BFABE8, #E8ABB6, #D4E8AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFD
Lighter +10%#D3F3ED
Darker −10%#83DDCD
Darker −20%#5BD2BD
Darker −30%#36C4AB
Darker −40%#2B9C88
More saturated +25%#9EF5E6
Less saturated −25%#B8DBD4

Channel breakdown

R171
G232
B221
Red171 (67.1%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue169.18°
Saturation (HSL)57.01%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AB · G E8 · B DD

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