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Recognised as Colour

#ACEDD9

  • #ACEDD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ACEDD9 is a cyan with RGB values 172, 237, 217 and HSL 162°, 64%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ACEDD9#ACEDD9
HEX#ACEDD9
RGBrgb(172, 237, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9294, 0.851
RGB percentages67.5%, 92.9%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(161.5, 64.4%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.5, 27.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK27.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,333,081
CSS custom property--colour: #ACEDD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.87:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#531226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E5D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDCDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BEEE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Light cyan · ΔE 18.2Honeydew · ΔE 19.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDACC0
Analogous#ACEDB9, #ACE1ED
Triadic#D9ACED, #EDD9AC
Split complementary#EDACE1, #EDB9AC
Tetradic#B9ACED, #EDACC0, #E1EDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F6EC
Darker −10%#82E4C6
Darker −20%#58DBB3
Darker −30%#2ED29F
Darker −40%#25A880
More saturated +25%#9FFADE
Less saturated −25%#B9E0D4

Channel breakdown

R172
G237
B217
Red172 (67.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue161.54°
Saturation (HSL)64.36%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AC · G ED · B D9

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