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#ABCAF3 — Light Blue

#ABCAF3 is a blue color we call Light Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #ABCAF3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ABCAF3 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #F3D3AA; it also sits naturally between #AAEEF3 and #AFAAF3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABCAF3 · RGB 171, 202, 243

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Color values

HEX#ABCAF3
RGB171, 202, 243
HSL214°, 75%, 81%
HSV214°, 30%, 95%
CMYK30%, 17%, 0%, 5%
XYZ54.09, 57.37, 93.02
Yxy57.37, 0.2645, 0.2806
CIE-Lab80.39, -1.11, -23.59
Hunter Lab75.74, -1.04, -24.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 79% · Blue 95%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ABCAF3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABCAF3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABCAF3

.text { color: #ABCAF3; }
.background { background-color: #ABCAF3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABCAF3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 202, 243); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(214, 75%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABCAF3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 202, 243, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABCAF3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 202, 243, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABCAF3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABCAF3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABCAF3

#87B3EE#67A0E9#4489E4#2073DF#1B63C0#16509C#113E78#0C2C55#081C36#030912

Tints of #ABCAF3

#B3CFF4#B8D2F5#C1D8F6#C5DBF7#CEE0F8#D2E3F9#DBE9FA#E0EBFB#E9F1FC#EDF4FC

Tones of #ABCAF3

#B0CAEE#B4CBE9#BACCE3#BFCCDE#C4CDD9#C9CED4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3D3AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABCAF3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABCAF3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ABCAF3: ·

How #ABCAF3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B8B9E9Deuteranopia · #B7B4E7Tritanopia · #ADE1E0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABCAF3 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Canyon
#1A9F34 · #2EDDA0 · #5FD7E5 · #A7C7F1
Palette Fff2c6
#FFF2C6 · #FFF8DE · #AAC4F5 · #8CA9FF
Radiant Ruby Canyon
#10BE8F · #19E4EB · #59BDF1 · #AFC8F8
Tender Ruby Aurora
#126468 · #0E3DA1 · #50CEEE · #B0CBEE
Burning Ruby Twilight
#B6F0D9 · #B0CAEC · #E1D3EE · #F2D6E4
Misty Harbor
#8D4715 · #E1683A · #1F84CC · #A6C8EB

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A7C7F1#AAC4F5#AFC8F8#B0CBEE#B0CAEC#A6C8EB#A7C5EB#ABD2FA#A8C8E8#A4D2EE#B7C9F2#B2C0F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABCAF2  ·  #ABCAF4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABCAF3?

#ABCAF3 is Light Blue, a blue color (RGB 171, 202, 243). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABCAF3?

#ABCAF3 is RGB 171, 202, 243 — HSL 214°, 75%, 81% — CMYK 30%, 17%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #ABCAF3?

Its complement is #F3D3AA; analogous partners are #AAEEF3 and #AFAAF3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABCAF3 for text?

Black text on #ABCAF3 has a contrast ratio of 12.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.