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Recognised as Colour

#ACD0EF

  • #ACD0EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ACD0EF is a blue with RGB values 172, 208, 239 and HSL 208°, 68%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ACD0EF#ACD0EF
HEX#ACD0EF
RGBrgb(172, 208, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8157, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.5%, 81.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(207.8, 67.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.8, 28%, 93.7%)
CMYK28%, 13%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,325,679
CSS custom property--colour: #ACD0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.02:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#532F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#98D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 9.9Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 15Lavender · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFCBAC
Analogous#ACEFED, #ACAEEF
Triadic#EFACD0, #D0EFAC
Split complementary#EFACAE, #EFEDAC
Tetradic#EDACEF, #EFCBAC, #AEEFAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7E8F7
Darker −10%#81B8E7
Darker −20%#56A0DF
Darker −30%#2C87D6
Darker −40%#216DAE
More saturated +25%#A0D1FB
Less saturated −25%#B8CFE3

Channel breakdown

R172
G208
B239
Red172 (67.5%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue207.76°
Saturation (HSL)67.68%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G D0 · B EF

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