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Recognised as Colour

#AACCC8

  • #AACCC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AACCC8 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 204, 200 and HSL 173°, 25%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AACCC8#AACCC8
HEX#AACCC8
RGBrgb(170, 204, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8, 0.7843
RGB percentages66.7%, 80%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(172.9, 25%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 16.7%, 80%)
CMYK16.7%, 0%, 2%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,193,544
CSS custom property--colour: #AACCC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#553337

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C8C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C3C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A1CECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 12.3Light grey · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCAAAE
Analogous#AACCB7, #AABFCC
Triadic#C8AACC, #CCC8AA
Split complementary#CCAABF, #CCB7AA
Tetradic#B7AACC, #CCAAAE, #BFCCAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF2F1
Lighter +10%#CADFDD
Darker −10%#8AB9B3
Darker −20%#6AA69F
Darker −30%#538A84
Darker −40%#406A65
More saturated +25%#99DDD5
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R170
G204
B200
Red170 (66.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G CC · B C8

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