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Recognised as Colour

#ACABDC

  • #ACABDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACABDC is a blue with RGB values 172, 171, 220 and HSL 241°, 41%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACABDC#ACABDC
HEX#ACABDC
RGBrgb(172, 171, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6706, 0.8627
RGB percentages67.5%, 67.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(241.2, 41.2%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.2, 22.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK21.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,316,188
CSS custom property--colour: #ACABDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#535423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB1DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAEDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A1B3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Thistle · ΔE 17.7Plum · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Light slate grey · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBDCAB
Analogous#ABC2DC, #C5ABDC
Triadic#DCACAB, #ABDCAC
Split complementary#DCC5AB, #C2DCAB
Tetradic#DCABC2, #DBDCAB, #ABDCC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F3FA
Lighter +10%#D0CFEB
Darker −10%#8887CD
Darker −20%#6563BE
Darker −30%#4846A8
Darker −40%#393784
More saturated +25%#9E9CEB
Less saturated −25%#BABACD

Channel breakdown

R172
G171
B220
Red172 (67.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue241.22°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G AB · B DC

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