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Recognised as Colour

#ACCEEB

  • #ACCEEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACCEEB is a blue with RGB values 172, 206, 235 and HSL 208°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACCEEB#ACCEEB
HEX#ACCEEB
RGBrgb(172, 206, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8078, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.5%, 80.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(207.6, 61.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.6, 26.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,325,163
CSS custom property--colour: #ACCEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#533114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CEECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC7EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9AD5D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.3Light blue · ΔE 9.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Lavender · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC9AC
Analogous#ACEBE8, #ACAFEB
Triadic#EBACCE, #CEEBAC
Split complementary#EBACAF, #EBE8AC
Tetradic#E8ACEB, #EBC9AC, #AFEBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5E6F5
Darker −10%#83B6E1
Darker −20%#5A9DD7
Darker −30%#3185CD
Darker −40%#276AA4
More saturated +25%#9FCFF8
Less saturated −25%#B9CDDE

Channel breakdown

R172
G206
B235
Red172 (67.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue207.62°
Saturation (HSL)61.17%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G CE · B EB

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