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Recognised as Colour

#AACDCA

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

#AACDCA is a cyan with RGB values 170, 205, 202 and HSL 175°, 26%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AACDCA#AACDCA
HEX#AACDCA
RGBrgb(170, 205, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8039, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.7%, 80.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(174.9, 25.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 17.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK17.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,193,802
CSS custom property--colour: #AACDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.29:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#553235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9C9CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A0CFCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 12.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDAAAD
Analogous#AACDB9, #AABFCD
Triadic#CAAACD, #CDCAAA
Split complementary#CDAABF, #CDB9AA
Tetradic#B9AACD, #CDAAAD, #BFCDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF3F2
Lighter +10%#CAE0DE
Darker −10%#8ABAB6
Darker −20%#6AA7A2
Darker −30%#528C87
Darker −40%#3F6C68
More saturated +25%#99DED8
Less saturated −25%#BBBCBC

Channel breakdown

R170
G205
B202
Red170 (66.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue174.86°
Saturation (HSL)25.93%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G CD · B CA

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