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Recognised as Colour

#ACE3FD

  • #ACE3FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ACE3FD is a cyan with RGB values 172, 227, 253 and HSL 199°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ACE3FD#ACE3FD
HEX#ACE3FD
RGBrgb(172, 227, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8902, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.5%, 89%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(199.3, 95.3%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 32%, 99.2%)
CMYK32%, 10.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,330,557
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#531C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E0FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#91EBEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 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 text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC6AC
Analogous#ACFDEF, #ACBAFD
Triadic#FDACE3, #E3FDAC
Split complementary#FDACBA, #FDEFAC
Tetradic#EFACFD, #FDC6AC, #BBFDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEF4FE
Darker −10%#7AD2FC
Darker −20%#48C1FB
Darker −30%#17B1F9
Darker −40%#0594D8
More saturated +25%#AAE4FF
Less saturated −25%#B7DFF2

Channel breakdown

R172
G227
B253
Red172 (67.5%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue199.26°
Saturation (HSL)95.29%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G E3 · B FD

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