Recognised as Colour

#AACEC4

#AACEC4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AACEC4 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 206, 196 and HSL 163°, 27%, 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

#AACEC4#AACEC4

HEX#AACEC4

RGBrgb(170, 206, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8078, 0.7686

RGB percentages66.7%, 80.8%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(163.3, 26.9%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 17.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK17.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,194,052

CSS custom property--colour: #AACEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56674WCAG 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 12.33:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#55313B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBC9C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4C4C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A1CFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.9 Light blue · ΔE 13.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Silver · ΔE 14.1 Light grey · ΔE 14.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CEAAB4

Analogous#AACEB2, #AAC6CE

Triadic#C4AACE, #CEC4AA

Split complementary#CEAAC6, #CEB2AA

Tetradic#B2AACE, #CEAAB4, #C6CEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBF3F1

Lighter +10%#CAE1DA

Darker −10%#8ABBAE

Darker −20%#69A997

Darker −30%#528D7D

Darker −40%#3F6D60

More saturated +25%#99DFCB

Less saturated −25%#BBBDBD

Channel breakdown

R170

G206

B196

Red170 (66.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue163.33°

Saturation (HSL)26.87%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AA · G CE · B C4

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Colour values

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