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#ABD1FF

Periwinkle · very light cool blue

About #ABD1FF

#ABD1FF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 82% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Periwinkle (ΔE 12.4); Baby Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFD9AB — a wheat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ABD1FF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green209
Blue255

Closest named colours

Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 12.4
Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 12.5
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #ABD1FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #ABD1FF.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #ABD1FF.
13.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABD1FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABD1FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0D2FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B6CAFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#91DBE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABD1FF?

#ABD1FF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 82% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABD1FF?

Use black text. Black on #ABD1FF has a contrast ratio of 13.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABD1FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFD9AB, and analogous partners are #ABFBFF and #AFABFF.