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Recognised as Colour

#ACABEB

  • #ACABEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#ACABEB is a blue with RGB values 172, 171, 235 and HSL 241°, 62%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ACABEB#ACABEB
HEX#ACABEB
RGBrgb(172, 171, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6706, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.5%, 67.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(240.9, 61.5%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.9, 27.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,316,203
CSS custom property--colour: #ACABEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#535414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB3EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9DB6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Plum · ΔE 20.9Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Thistle · ΔE 24Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAEBAB
Analogous#ABCAEB, #CCABEB
Triadic#EBACAB, #ABEBAC
Split complementary#EBCCAB, #CAEBAB
Tetradic#EBABCA, #EAEBAB, #ABEBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFF
Lighter +10%#D5D4F5
Darker −10%#8382E1
Darker −20%#5B59D7
Darker −30%#3331CC
Darker −40%#2927A3
More saturated +25%#9F9EF8
Less saturated −25%#B9B8DE

Channel breakdown

R172
G171
B235
Red172 (67.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue240.94°
Saturation (HSL)61.54%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G AB · B EB

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