Colour

#ACE6EA

#ACE6EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ACE6EA is a cyan with RGB values 172, 230, 234 and HSL 184°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ACE6EA#ACE6EA

HEX#ACE6EA

RGBrgb(172, 230, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.902, 0.9176

RGB percentages67.5%, 90.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(183.9, 59.6%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.9, 26.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK26.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,331,306

CSS custom property--colour: #ACE6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#531915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE1EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#97EAE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 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 text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.6 Light blue · ΔE 8.3 Light cyan · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 16 Azure · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.63, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EAB0AC

Analogous#ACEACF, #ACC7EA

Triadic#EAACE6, #E6EAAC

Split complementary#EAACC7, #EACFAC

Tetradic#CFACEA, #EAB0AC, #C7EAAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5F2F4

Darker −10%#83DAE0

Darker −20%#5BCDD5

Darker −30%#33C0CA

Darker −40%#2999A1

More saturated +25%#9FF1F7

Less saturated −25%#B9DBDD

Channel breakdown

R172

G230

B234

Red172 (67.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue183.87°

Saturation (HSL)59.62%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G E6 · B EA

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