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Recognised as Colour

#ACE4E7

  • #ACE4E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#ACE4E7 is a cyan with RGB values 172, 228, 231 and HSL 183°, 55%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ACE4E7#ACE4E7
HEX#ACE4E7
RGBrgb(172, 228, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.8941, 0.9059
RGB percentages67.5%, 89.4%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(183.1, 55.1%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 25.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK25.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,330,791
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE4E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#531B18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDFE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D6E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#98E8E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.1Light blue · ΔE 8.1Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 16.2Azure · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.18, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7AFAC
Analogous#ACE7CD, #ACC7E7
Triadic#E7ACE4, #E4E7AC
Split complementary#E7ACC7, #E7CDAC
Tetradic#CDACE7, #E7AFAC, #C7E7AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFE
Lighter +10%#D4F1F2
Darker −10%#84D7DC
Darker −20%#5DCAD0
Darker −30%#38BBC2
Darker −40%#2D959A
More saturated +25%#9FF0F4
Less saturated −25%#B9D8DA

Channel breakdown

R172
G228
B231
Red172 (67.5%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue183.05°
Saturation (HSL)55.14%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G E4 · B E7

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