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Recognised as Colour

#ACBAFD

  • #ACBAFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#ACBAFD is a blue with RGB values 172, 186, 253 and HSL 230°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ACBAFD#ACBAFD
HEX#ACBAFD
RGBrgb(172, 186, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7294, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.5%, 72.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(229.6, 95.3%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 32%, 99.2%)
CMYK32%, 26.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,320,061
CSS custom property--colour: #ACBAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#534502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BAFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#96C7D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7Plum · ΔE 25.8Thistle · ΔE 25.8Steel blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEFAC
Analogous#ACE3FD, #C7ACFD
Triadic#FDACBA, #BAFDAC
Split complementary#FDC7AC, #E2FDAC
Tetradic#FDACE2, #FDEFAC, #ACFDC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE3FE
Darker −10%#7A91FC
Darker −20%#4867FB
Darker −30%#173EF9
Darker −40%#052AD8
More saturated +25%#AAB9FF
Less saturated −25%#B7C1F2

Channel breakdown

R172
G186
B253
Red172 (67.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue229.63°
Saturation (HSL)95.29%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G BA · B FD

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