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#ABC4D3

Light Blue · light cool blue

About #ABC4D3

#ABC4D3 is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 8.3); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3BAAB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC4D3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green196
Blue211

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #ABC4D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ABC4D3.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ABC4D3.
11.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC4D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC4D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDC3D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7BED3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A0C8C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC4D3?

#ABC4D3 is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC4D3?

Use black text. Black on #ABC4D3 has a contrast ratio of 11.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC4D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3BAAB, and analogous partners are #ABD3CE and #ABB0D3.