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Colour

#ACE8EF

  • #ACE8EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#ACE8EF is a cyan with RGB values 172, 232, 239 and HSL 186°, 68%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ACE8EF#ACE8EF
HEX#ACE8EF
RGBrgb(172, 232, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9098, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.5%, 91%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(186.3, 67.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 28%, 93.7%)
CMYK28%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,331,823
CSS custom property--colour: #ACE8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.54:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#531710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DAEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#95EDEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.3Light blue · ΔE 8.1Light cyan · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Azure · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.15, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB3AC
Analogous#ACEFD5, #ACC7EF
Triadic#EFACE8, #E8EFAC
Split complementary#EFACC7, #EFD5AC
Tetradic#D5ACEF, #EFB3AC, #C6EFAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F4F7
Darker −10%#81DCE7
Darker −20%#56D0DF
Darker −30%#2CC4D6
Darker −40%#219FAE
More saturated +25%#A0F2FB
Less saturated −25%#B8DEE3

Channel breakdown

R172
G232
B239
Red172 (67.5%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue186.27°
Saturation (HSL)67.68%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G E8 · B EF

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