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Recognised as Colour

#ACE6E2

  • #ACE6E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ACE6E2 is a cyan with RGB values 172, 230, 226 and HSL 176°, 54%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ACE6E2#ACE6E2
HEX#ACE6E2
RGBrgb(172, 230, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.902, 0.8863
RGB percentages67.5%, 90.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(175.9, 53.7%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 25.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK25.2%, 0%, 1.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,331,298
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE6E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#53191D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE0E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#9AE9E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.6Powder blue · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light cyan · ΔE 13.9Azure · ΔE 18.5Honeydew · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6ACB0
Analogous#ACE6C5, #ACCDE6
Triadic#E2ACE6, #E6E2AC
Split complementary#E6ACCD, #E6C5AC
Tetradic#C5ACE6, #E6ACB0, #CDE6AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFEFD
Lighter +10%#D3F2F0
Darker −10%#85DAD4
Darker −20%#5ECEC7
Darker −30%#3ABFB6
Darker −40%#2E9891
More saturated +25%#9FF4EE
Less saturated −25%#BAD9D6

Channel breakdown

R172
G230
B226
Red172 (67.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue175.86°
Saturation (HSL)53.7%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AC · G E6 · B E2

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