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Recognised as Colour

#ACDCFE

  • #ACDCFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#ACDCFE is a blue with RGB values 172, 220, 254 and HSL 205°, 98%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#ACDCFE#ACDCFE
HEX#ACDCFE
RGBrgb(172, 220, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8627, 0.9961
RGB percentages67.5%, 86.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(204.9, 97.6%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.9, 32.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK32.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,328,766
CSS custom property--colour: #ACDCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.42:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#532301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#92E5E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 15Lavender · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECEAC
Analogous#ACFEF7, #ACB3FE
Triadic#FEACDC, #DCFEAC
Split complementary#FEACB3, #FEF7AC
Tetradic#F7ACFE, #FECEAC, #B3FEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEF1FF
Darker −10%#7AC7FD
Darker −20%#47B2FD
Darker −30%#159CFC
Darker −40%#0382DB
More saturated +25%#ABDCFF
Less saturated −25%#B7DAF3

Channel breakdown

R172
G220
B254
Red172 (67.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue204.88°
Saturation (HSL)97.62%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G DC · B FE

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