Information about #ABBCDD color

#ABBCDD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ABBCDD falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(171, 188, 221) — 67.1% red, 73.7% green, 86.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 13 / 0 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #ABBCDD reads as a pleasantly vivid azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pigeon Post (#AFBDD9). Slightly further away sit Cloudy Blue (#ACC2D9) and Time Out (#AAC2E3).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(171, 188, 221)), which gives #ABBCDD its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ABBCDD: 11.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. No one has named #ABBCDD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#ABBCDD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ABBCDD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ABBCDD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

Cloudy Blue color link
Cloudy Blue

#ACC2D9

Time Out color link
Time Out

#AAC2E3

Perano color link
Perano

#ACB9E8

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Pastel Denim color link
Pastel Denim

#AFC0EA

Comfort Zone color link
Comfort Zone

#A2B9D2

Bauhaus color link
Bauhaus

#A9AED5

Oxymoron color link
Oxymoron

#9CBFE3

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ABBCDD
  • RGB171, 188, 221
  • CMYK20, 13, 0, 13
  • CSSrgb(171, 188, 221)
  • HSL220°, 42%, 77%
  • HSL Precise219.6°, 42.373%, 76.863%
  • HSV220°, 23%, 87%
  • HSB220°, 23%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.737, 0.867)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.737, 0.867, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.737, 0.867)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDABBCDD
  • DECIMAL ID11255005
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01