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Recognised as Colour

#ACE0F6

  • #ACE0F6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ACE0F6 is a cyan with RGB values 172, 224, 246 and HSL 198°, 80%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ACE0F6#ACE0F6
HEX#ACE0F6
RGBrgb(172, 224, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8784, 0.9647
RGB percentages67.5%, 87.8%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(197.8, 80.4%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 30.1%, 96.5%)
CMYK30.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,329,782
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE0F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.75:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#531F09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DDF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D4F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#94E7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6C2AC
Analogous#ACF6E7, #ACBBF6
Triadic#F6ACE0, #E0F6AC
Split complementary#F6ACBB, #F6E7AC
Tetradic#E7ACF6, #F6C2AC, #BBF6AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF1FB
Darker −10%#7ECFF1
Darker −20%#50BEEC
Darker −30%#22ACE7
Darker −40%#158EC1
More saturated +25%#A3E4FF
Less saturated −25%#B8DBEB

Channel breakdown

R172
G224
B246
Red172 (67.5%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue197.84°
Saturation (HSL)80.43%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G E0 · B F6

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