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#ABCEEE — Light Blue

#ABCEEE 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 #ABCEEE 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.

#ABCEEE 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 #EECBAA; it also sits naturally between #AAEEED and #AAABEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABCEEE · RGB 171, 206, 238

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Color values

HEX#ABCEEE
RGB171, 206, 238
HSL209°, 66%, 80%
HSV209°, 28%, 93%
CMYK28%, 13%, 0%, 7%
XYZ54.30, 58.97, 89.41
Yxy58.97, 0.2679, 0.2910
CIE-Lab81.28, -4.42, -19.57
Hunter Lab76.79, -4.14, -20.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 81% · Blue 93%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ABCEEE

.text { color: #ABCEEE; }
.background { background-color: #ABCEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABCEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 206, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(209, 66%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABCEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 206, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABCEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 206, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ABCEEE

#88B9E7#6BA8E1#4994DA#2B82D4#246DB2#1D5990#174672#103250#0A1F33#030A11

Tints of #ABCEEE

#B3D2EF#B7D5F0#C0DAF2#C4DCF3#CCE1F5#D5E6F6#D9E9F7#E1EEF9#E6F0FA#EEF5FC

Tones of #ABCEEE

#AFCDE9#B4CDE4#B9CDDF#BECCDA#C2CCD6#C7CCD1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECBAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.64:1 Fails
Against black text12.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABCEEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABCEEE

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 #ABCEEE: ·

How #ABCEEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BABAE6Deuteranopia · #B8B6E4Tritanopia · #ADE0DF

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 #ABCEEE rather than the exact color:

Tender Ruby Aurora
#126468 · #0E3DA1 · #50CEEE · #B0CBEE
Burning Ruby Twilight
#B6F0D9 · #B0CAEC · #E1D3EE · #F2D6E4
Gentle Zephyr
#924311 · #E75B36 · #5DB4EC · #A4D2EE
Misty Harbor
#8D4715 · #E1683A · #1F84CC · #A6C8EB
Mellow Canyon
#1A9F34 · #2EDDA0 · #5FD7E5 · #A7C7F1
Smoky Ruby Harbor
#1D54BC · #CD1F5C · #5ED020 · #A8C8E8

Similar colors

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

#B0CBEE#B0CAEC#A4D2EE#A6C8EB#A7C7F1#A8C8E8#B0CDE6#A7C5EB#AFCAE5#AAD6E7#A8D8EA#ACCCE3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABCEED  ·  #ABCEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABCEEE?

#ABCEEE is Light Blue, a blue color (RGB 171, 206, 238). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABCEEE?

#ABCEEE is RGB 171, 206, 238 — HSL 209°, 66%, 80% — CMYK 28%, 13%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #ABCEEE?

Its complement is #EECBAA; analogous partners are #AAEEED and #AAABEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABCEEE for text?

Black text on #ABCEEE has a contrast ratio of 12.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.64:1.