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Recognised as Colour

#ACBBDA

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

#ACBBDA is a blue with RGB values 172, 187, 218 and HSL 220°, 38%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACBBDA#ACBBDA
HEX#ACBBDA
RGBrgb(172, 187, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7333, 0.8549
RGB percentages67.5%, 73.3%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(220.4, 38.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 21.1%, 85.5%)
CMYK21.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,320,282
CSS custom property--colour: #ACBBDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#534425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1BDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB9D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C1C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Thistle · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.8Sky blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Silver · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.37, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACBAC
Analogous#ACD2DA, #B4ACDA
Triadic#DAACBB, #BBDAAC
Split complementary#DAB4AC, #D2DAAC
Tetradic#DAACD2, #DACBAC, #ACDAB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F5F9
Lighter +10%#CFD8EA
Darker −10%#899ECA
Darker −20%#6581BB
Darker −30%#4967A4
Darker −40%#395181
More saturated +25%#9DB6E9
Less saturated −25%#BBC0CB

Channel breakdown

R172
G187
B218
Red172 (67.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue220.43°
Saturation (HSL)38.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G BB · B DA

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