Recognised as Colour

#ACE6EB

#ACE6EB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ACE6EB is a cyan with RGB values 172, 230, 235 and HSL 185°, 61%, 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

#ACE6EB#ACE6EB

HEX#ACE6EB

RGBrgb(172, 230, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.902, 0.9216

RGB percentages67.5%, 90.2%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(184.8, 61.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 26.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK26.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,331,307

CSS custom property--colour: #ACE6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

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

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#531914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#97EBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 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 text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 4 Light blue · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.6 Azure · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.46, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBB1AC

Analogous#ACEBD1, #ACC6EB

Triadic#EBACE6, #E6EBAC

Split complementary#EBACC6, #EBD1AC

Tetradic#D1ACEB, #EBB1AC, #C7EBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5F2F5

Darker −10%#83DAE1

Darker −20%#5ACDD7

Darker −30%#31C0CD

Darker −40%#279AA4

More saturated +25%#9FF1F8

Less saturated −25%#B9DBDE

Channel breakdown

R172

G230

B235

Red172 (67.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue184.76°

Saturation (HSL)61.17%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G E6 · B EB

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Colour values

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