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#ABB2D3

Dusty Blue · light cool blue

About #ABB2D3

#ABB2D3 is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 70% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dusty Blue (ΔE 11.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3CCAB — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABB2D3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green178
Blue211

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 13.9
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 14.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #ABB2D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ABB2D3.
2.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ABB2D3.
10.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABB2D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABB2D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A9B5D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A7B2D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A2B8BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABB2D3?

#ABB2D3 is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 70% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABB2D3?

Use black text. Black on #ABB2D3 has a contrast ratio of 10.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABB2D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3CCAB, and analogous partners are #ABC6D3 and #B8ABD3.