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#ABBBCA

Silver · light cool blue

About #ABBBCA

#ABBBCA is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 10.1); Dusty Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CABAAB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBBCA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green187
Blue202

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.1
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 10.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #ABBBCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBBCA.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBBCA.
10.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ABBBCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5BBCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B2B7CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3BEC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBBCA?

#ABBBCA is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBBCA?

Use black text. Black on #ABBBCA has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBBCA?

Its complementary colour is #CABAAB, and analogous partners are #ABCAC9 and #ABABCA.