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Recognised as Colour

#ACD8EB

  • #ACD8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ACD8EB is a cyan with RGB values 172, 216, 235 and HSL 198°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ACD8EB#ACD8EB
HEX#ACD8EB
RGBrgb(172, 216, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8471, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.5%, 84.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(198.1, 61.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 26.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,327,723
CSS custom property--colour: #ACD8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#532714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#99DEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.66, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBBFAC
Analogous#ACEBDF, #ACB9EB
Triadic#EBACD8, #D8EBAC
Split complementary#EBACB9, #EBDEAC
Tetradic#DFACEB, #EBBFAC, #B9EBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5EBF5
Darker −10%#83C5E1
Darker −20%#5AB1D7
Darker −30%#319ECD
Darker −40%#277EA4
More saturated +25%#9FDDF8
Less saturated −25%#B9D3DE

Channel breakdown

R172
G216
B235
Red172 (67.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue198.1°
Saturation (HSL)61.17%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G D8 · B EB

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