#acd8e9

Color #acd8e9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 1.6 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acd8e9

RGB

rgb(172, 216, 233)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 58.1%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 26.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(83.84, -10.51, -13.03)

LCH

lch(83.84, 16.74, 231.11)

OKLCH

oklch(85.7%, 0.0516, 223.43)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 67.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9bdac

Analogous

#ace9db

#acd8e9

#acb9e9

Triadic

#acd8e9

#e9acd8

#d8e9ac

Split-complementary

#acd8e9

#e9acb9

#e9dbac

Tetradic

#acd8e9

#bdace9

#e9bdac

#d8e9ac

Square

#acd8e9

#dbace9

#e9bdac

#b9e9ac

Shades

Color #acd8e9 mixed toward black.

#77bfdb

#41a6cd

#2a7fa0

#1c556b

#0e2a35

Tints

Color #acd8e9 mixed toward white.

#badfed

#c8e5f0

#d5ecf4

#e3f2f8

#f1f9fb

Tones

Color #acd8e9 mixed toward gray.

#b1d6e4

#b6d3df

#bbd1da

#c0cfd5

#c5cdd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e5 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#bebbe4 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#afe2e1 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acd8e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acd8e9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#acd8e9 (#acd8e9) is rgb(172, 216, 233) in RGB.

No, #acd8e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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