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Recognised as Colour

#ACDBEB

  • #ACDBEB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ACDBEB is a cyan with RGB values 172, 219, 235 and HSL 195°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ACDBEB#ACDBEB
HEX#ACDBEB
RGBrgb(172, 219, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8588, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.5%, 85.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(195.2, 61.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 26.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,328,491
CSS custom property--colour: #ACDBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#532414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Tritanopia#98E1E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.7Powder blue · ΔE 5.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Light cyan · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.75, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBBCAC
Analogous#ACEBDB, #ACBCEB
Triadic#EBACDB, #DBEBAC
Split complementary#EBACBC, #EBDCAC
Tetradic#DBACEB, #EBBCAC, #BCEBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5EDF5
Darker −10%#83C9E1
Darker −20%#5AB7D7
Darker −30%#31A5CD
Darker −40%#2784A4
More saturated +25%#9FE1F8
Less saturated −25%#B9D5DE

Channel breakdown

R172
G219
B235
Red172 (67.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue195.24°
Saturation (HSL)61.17%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G DB · B EB

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