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Recognised as Colour

#ACEEE5

  • #ACEEE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ACEEE5 is a cyan with RGB values 172, 238, 229 and HSL 172°, 66%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ACEEE5#ACEEE5
HEX#ACEEE5
RGBrgb(172, 238, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9333, 0.898
RGB percentages67.5%, 93.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(171.8, 66%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 27.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,333,349
CSS custom property--colour: #ACEEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.12:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#53111A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E7E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDEE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#98F1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light cyan · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 15.9Honeydew · ΔE 19Azure · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.98, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEACB5
Analogous#ACEEC4, #ACD6EE
Triadic#E5ACEE, #EEE5AC
Split complementary#EEACD6, #EEC4AC
Tetradic#C4ACEE, #EEACB5, #D6EEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F7F2
Darker −10%#82E5D8
Darker −20%#57DDCA
Darker −30%#2DD4BD
Darker −40%#23AB98
More saturated +25%#A0FBEE
Less saturated −25%#B9E2DC

Channel breakdown

R172
G238
B229
Red172 (67.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue171.82°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AC · G EE · B E5

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