Information about #ABC5BF color

#ABC5BF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ABC5BF falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(171, 197, 191) — 67.1% red, 77.3% green, 74.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 10 / 0 / 2 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained water-like cyan, #ABC5BF appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Opal (#A8C3BC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cool Silver (#B0BBC0) and Rivendell (#A9BDB6).

The recipe behind #ABC5BF is rgb(171, 197, 191), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ABC5BF: 11.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ABC5BF is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ABC5BF color variations

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

#ABC5BF 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 #ABC5BF

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

Opal color link
Opal

#A8C3BC

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Nebula color link
Nebula

#B8C6BE

Gum Leaf color link
Gum Leaf

#ACC9B2

Chi color link
Chi

#9FBFC2

Ash Gray color link
Ash Gray

#B2BEB5

Tiara color link
Tiara

#B9C3BE

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ABC5BF
  • RGB171, 197, 191
  • CMYK10, 0, 2, 23
  • CSSrgb(171, 197, 191)
  • HSL166°, 18%, 72%
  • HSL Precise166.154°, 18.31%, 72.157%
  • HSV166°, 13%, 77%
  • HSB166°, 13%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.773, 0.749)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.773, 0.749, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.773, 0.749)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDABC5BF
  • DECIMAL ID11257279
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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