Colour

#ACE7ED

#ACE7ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ACE7ED is a cyan with RGB values 172, 231, 237 and HSL 186°, 64%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ACE7ED#ACE7ED

HEX#ACE7ED

RGBrgb(172, 231, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9059, 0.9294

RGB percentages67.5%, 90.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(185.5, 64.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 27.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK27.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,331,565

CSS custom property--colour: #ACE7ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#531812

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#96ECE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.1 Light blue · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.3 Azure · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.77, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDB2AC

Analogous#ACEDD3, #ACC7ED

Triadic#EDACE7, #E7EDAC

Split complementary#EDACC6, #EDD3AC

Tetradic#D3ACED, #EDB2AC, #C7EDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D6F3F6

Darker −10%#82DBE4

Darker −20%#58CFDB

Darker −30%#2EC3D2

Darker −40%#259CA8

More saturated +25%#9FF1FA

Less saturated −25%#B9DDE0

Channel breakdown

R172

G231

B237

Red172 (67.5%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue185.54°

Saturation (HSL)64.36%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G E7 · B ED

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Colour values

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