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Recognised as Colour

#ACB8ED

  • #ACB8ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACB8ED is a blue with RGB values 172, 184, 237 and HSL 229°, 64%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACB8ED#ACB8ED
HEX#ACB8ED
RGBrgb(172, 184, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7216, 0.9294
RGB percentages67.5%, 72.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(228.9, 64.4%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.9, 27.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK27.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,319,533
CSS custom property--colour: #ACB8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#534712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9BC2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 18.8Thistle · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.5Lavender · ΔE 24.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE1AC
Analogous#ACD9ED, #C1ACED
Triadic#EDACB8, #B8EDAC
Split complementary#EDC1AC, #D9EDAC
Tetradic#EDACD9, #EDE1AC, #ACEDC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6DCF6
Darker −10%#8294E4
Darker −20%#5870DB
Darker −30%#2E4CD2
Darker −40%#253DA8
More saturated +25%#9FB0FA
Less saturated −25%#B9C0E0

Channel breakdown

R172
G184
B237
Red172 (67.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue228.92°
Saturation (HSL)64.36%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G B8 · B ED

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