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Recognised as Colour

#ABEDE3

  • #ABEDE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ABEDE3 is a cyan with RGB values 171, 237, 227 and HSL 171°, 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

#ABEDE3#ABEDE3
HEX#ABEDE3
RGBrgb(171, 237, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.9294, 0.8902
RGB percentages67.1%, 92.9%, 89%
HSLhsl(170.9, 64.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 27.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK27.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,267,555
CSS custom property--colour: #ABEDE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.1 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#54121C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E6E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADDE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97F0EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 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 text15.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.5Powder blue · ΔE 11Light cyan · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 16.2Honeydew · ΔE 19.2Azure · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDABB5
Analogous#ABEDC2, #ABD6ED
Triadic#E3ABED, #EDE3AB
Split complementary#EDABD6, #EDC2AB
Tetradic#C2ABED, #EDABB5, #D6EDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5F6F1
Darker −10%#81E4D5
Darker −20%#57DBC7
Darker −30%#2DD2B9
Darker −40%#24A894
More saturated +25%#9EFAEC
Less saturated −25%#B8E0DA

Channel breakdown

R171
G237
B227
Red171 (67.1%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue170.91°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AB · G ED · B E3

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