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Recognised as Colour

#ABECE9

  • #ABECE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ABECE9 is a cyan with RGB values 171, 236, 233 and HSL 177°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ABECE9#ABECE9
HEX#ABECE9
RGBrgb(171, 236, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.9255, 0.9137
RGB percentages67.1%, 92.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(177.2, 63.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.2, 27.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK27.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,267,305
CSS custom property--colour: #ABECE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#541316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E5E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#95F0EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2Powder blue · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 13Light cyan · ΔE 14.1Azure · ΔE 19.1Honeydew · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.99, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECABAE
Analogous#ABECC9, #ABCEEC
Triadic#E9ABEC, #ECE9AB
Split complementary#ECABCE, #ECC9AB
Tetradic#C9ABEC, #ECABAE, #CFECAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5F5F4
Darker −10%#81E3DE
Darker −20%#58D9D3
Darker −30%#2FCFC8
Darker −40%#25A6A0
More saturated +25%#9EF9F5
Less saturated −25%#B8DFDD

Channel breakdown

R171
G236
B233
Red171 (67.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue177.23°
Saturation (HSL)63.11%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AB · G EC · B E9

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