Information about #ABA8E0 color

#ABA8E0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #ABA8E0 is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(171, 168, 224) — 67.1% red, 65.9% green, 87.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 21 / 22 / 0 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored blue, #ABA8E0 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig (#AAA4E3). Nearby in the Register you will also find Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6) and Bauhaus (#A9AED5).

In RGB terms — rgb(171, 168, 224) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #ABA8E0 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. #ABA8E0 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#ABA8E0 color variations

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

#ABA8E0 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 #ABA8E0

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

#ABA8E0 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ABA8E0
  • RGB171, 168, 224
  • CMYK21, 22, 0, 12
  • HSL243°, 47%, 77%
  • HSL Precise243.214°, 47.458%, 76.863%
  • HSV243°, 25%, 88%
  • HSB243°, 25%, 88%
  • HEX IDABA8E0
  • DECIMAL ID11249888
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Blue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB87.8%
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