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#ACDCE9

#acdce9 ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acdce9 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 86.27% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.18% cyan, 5.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 192.79°, with 58.1% saturation and 79.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.57.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6584

Complementary

  1. #acdce9
  2. #e9b9ac

Split complementary

  1. #acdce9
  2. #e9acbd
  3. #e9d8ac

Analogous

  1. #ace9d8
  2. #acdce9
  3. #acbde9

Triadic

  1. #acdce9
  2. #e9acdc
  3. #dce9ac

Tetradic

  1. #acdce9
  2. #b9ace9
  3. #e9b9ac
  4. #dce9ac

Square

  1. #acdce9
  2. #d8ace9
  3. #e9b9ac
  4. #bde9ac

Monochromatic

  1. #35a8c7
  2. #70c2d9
  3. #acdce9
  4. #e8f5f9
  5. #eff8fb

Shades

#acdce9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acdce9
  2. #9bc6d2
  3. #8ab0ba
  4. #789aa3
  5. #67848c
  6. #566e75
  7. #45585d
  8. #344246
  9. #222c2f
  10. #111617
  11. #000000

Tints

#acdce9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acdce9
  2. #b4e0eb
  3. #bde3ed
  4. #c5e7f0
  5. #cdeaf2
  6. #d6eef4
  7. #def1f6
  8. #e6f5f8
  9. #eef8fb
  10. #f7fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acdce9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acdce9
  2. #a8d3df
  3. #a3cad4
  4. #9fc0ca
  5. #9ab7bf
  6. #96aeb5
  7. #92a5aa
  8. #8d9ca0
  9. #899295
  10. #84898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5d7dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3d9ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d1e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99e1e0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4dae9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bed5e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1dfe4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acdce9 {
  color: #acdce9;
}
Background
.bg-acdce9 {
  background-color: #acdce9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acdce9 {
  border: 2px solid #acdce9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acdce9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 220 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 58% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acdce9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acdce9, #acbde9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acdce9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 220 233 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.57 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 1.70 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.05 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.35 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.32 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.35 #532316 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#acdce9  rgb(172, 220, 233)  hsl(193, 58%, 79%)  Light Blue
#e9b9ac  rgb(233, 185, 172)  hsl(13, 58%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#e9acdc  rgb(233, 172, 220)  hsl(313, 58%, 79%)  Plum
#dce9ac  rgb(220, 233, 172)  hsl(73, 58%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod