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Recognised as Colour

#ACE2FF

  • #ACE2FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ACE2FF is a blue with RGB values 172, 226, 255 and HSL 201°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ACE2FF#ACE2FF
HEX#ACE2FF
RGBrgb(172, 226, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8863, 1
RGB percentages67.5%, 88.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(201, 100%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 32.5%, 100%)
CMYK32.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,330,303
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE2FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.08:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#531D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#90EAEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC9AC
Analogous#ACFFF3, #ACB9FF
Triadic#FFACE2, #E2FFAC
Split complementary#FFACB9, #FFF3AC
Tetradic#F3ACFF, #FFC9AC, #B9FFAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFF4FF
Darker −10%#79D0FF
Darker −20%#46BEFF
Darker −30%#13ADFF
Darker −40%#0091DF
More saturated +25%#ACE2FF
Less saturated −25%#B6DFF5

Channel breakdown

R172
G226
B255
Red172 (67.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue200.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G E2 · B FF

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