#acc9c9

Color #acc9c9

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#acc9c9

RGB

rgb(172, 201, 201)

HSL

hsl(180, 21.2%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 14.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(78.9, -9.68, -3.26)

LCH

lch(78.9, 10.21, 198.61)

OKLCH

oklch(81.5%, 0.0312, 196.58)

HWB

hwb(180, 67.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9acac

Analogous

#acc9ba

#acc9c9

#acbac9

Triadic

#acc9c9

#c9acc9

#c9c9ac

Split-complementary

#acc9c9

#c9acba

#c9baac

Tetradic

#acc9c9

#acacc9

#c9acac

#c9c9ac

Square

#acc9c9

#baacc9

#c9acac

#bac9ac

Shades

Color #acc9c9 mixed toward black.

#86b0b0

#629797

#497171

#314b4b

#182626

Tints

Color #acc9c9 mixed toward white.

#bad2d2

#c8dbdb

#d5e4e4

#e3eded

#f1f6f6

Tones

Color #acc9c9 mixed toward gray.

#aec7c7

#b1c4c4

#b3c2c2

#b6bfbf

#b8bdbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9bac9 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b5c9 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#aec9c9 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acc9c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acc9c9]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#acc9c9 (#acc9c9) is rgb(172, 201, 201) in RGB.

No, #acc9c9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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