Recognised as Colour

#ACC6EB

#ACC6EB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACC6EB is a blue with RGB values 172, 198, 235 and HSL 215°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACC6EB#ACC6EB

HEX#ACC6EB

RGBrgb(172, 198, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7765, 0.9216

RGB percentages67.5%, 77.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(215.2, 61.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 26.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK26.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,323,115

CSS custom property--colour: #ACC6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#533914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9BCED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6 Sky blue · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.9 Lavender · ΔE 17.7 Thistle · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBD1AC

Analogous#ACE6EB, #B1ACEB

Triadic#EBACC6, #C6EBAC

Split complementary#EBB2AC, #E5EBAC

Tetradic#EBACE6, #EBD1AC, #ACEBB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFF

Lighter +10%#D5E2F5

Darker −10%#83AAE1

Darker −20%#5A8ED7

Darker −30%#3171CD

Darker −40%#275BA4

More saturated +25%#9FC4F8

Less saturated −25%#B9C8DE

Channel breakdown

R172

G198

B235

Red172 (67.5%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue215.24°

Saturation (HSL)61.17%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G C6 · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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