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Recognised as Colour

#ACADCE

  • #ACADCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACADCE is a blue with RGB values 172, 173, 206 and HSL 238°, 26%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACADCE#ACADCE
HEX#ACADCE
RGBrgb(172, 173, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6784, 0.8078
RGB percentages67.5%, 67.8%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(238.2, 25.8%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 16.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK16.5%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,316,686
CSS custom property--colour: #ACADCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#535231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B1D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A5B2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Thistle · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 18.2Light slate grey · ΔE 18.8Silver · ΔE 19Slate grey · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CECDAC
Analogous#ACBECE, #BCACCE
Triadic#CEACAD, #ADCEAC
Split complementary#CEBCAC, #BECEAC
Tetradic#CEACBE, #CECDAC, #ACCEBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECECF4
Lighter +10%#CCCDE1
Darker −10%#8C8DBB
Darker −20%#6C6EA8
Darker −30%#54558D
Darker −40%#41426D
More saturated +25%#9C9DDF
Less saturated −25%#BDBDBE

Channel breakdown

R172
G173
B206
Red172 (67.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue238.24°
Saturation (HSL)25.76%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G AD · B CE

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