Colour

#ACC6ED

#ACC6ED
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACC6ED is a blue with RGB values 172, 198, 237 and HSL 216°, 64%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACC6ED#ACC6ED

HEX#ACC6ED

RGBrgb(172, 198, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.7765, 0.9294

RGB percentages67.5%, 77.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(216, 64.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216, 27.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK27.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,323,117

CSS custom property--colour: #ACC6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#533912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9ACED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5 Sky blue · ΔE 14.7 Light blue · ΔE 15.9 Lavender · ΔE 18.2 Thistle · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDD3AC

Analogous#ACE7ED, #B3ACED

Triadic#EDACC6, #C6EDAC

Split complementary#EDB3AC, #E7EDAC

Tetradic#EDACE7, #EDD3AC, #ACEDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D6E3F6

Darker −10%#82A9E4

Darker −20%#588CDB

Darker −30%#2E70D2

Darker −40%#2559A8

More saturated +25%#9FC3FA

Less saturated −25%#B9C9E0

Channel breakdown

R172

G198

B237

Red172 (67.5%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue216°

Saturation (HSL)64.36%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G C6 · B ED

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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