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Recognised as Colour

#ABECED

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

#ABECED is a cyan with RGB values 171, 236, 237 and HSL 181°, 65%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ABECED#ABECED
HEX#ABECED
RGBrgb(171, 236, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.9255, 0.9294
RGB percentages67.1%, 92.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(180.9, 64.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 27.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK27.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,267,309
CSS custom property--colour: #ABECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.95:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#541312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#94F0ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text15.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.1Powder blue · ΔE 6.8Light blue · ΔE 11.5Light cyan · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Azure · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.08, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDACAB
Analogous#ABEDCD, #ABCBED
Triadic#EDABEC, #ECEDAB
Split complementary#EDABCB, #EDCDAB
Tetradic#CDABED, #EDACAB, #CBEDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5F6F6
Darker −10%#81E3E4
Darker −20%#57D9DB
Darker −30%#2DD0D2
Darker −40%#24A6A8
More saturated +25%#9EF8FA
Less saturated −25%#B8E0E0

Channel breakdown

R171
G236
B237
Red171 (67.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue180.91°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G EC · B ED

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