#acbce3 Color Information

#acbce3 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #acbce3. In RGB, it consists of 67.5% Red, 73.7% Green, and 89.0% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 24.2% Cyan, 17.2% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 11% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 222.5°, with saturation of 49.5% and lightness of 78.2%. The decimal value for #acbce3 is 11320547, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99cccc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #acbce3 is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#acbce3 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color172, 188, 227 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color67.5%, 73.7%, 89.0% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.325, 0.263, 0.110 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.242, 0.172, 0, 0.11 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color222.5°, 49.5%, 78.2% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color222.5°, 24.2%, 89.0% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color48.862, 50.283, 79.803 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color172, 184, 227 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11320547 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color76.243, 2.943, -21.284 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)76.243, 21.486, 277.872 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color76.243, -10.273, -33.942 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color70.911, -1.096, -17.088 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.273, 0.281, 50.283 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289510627 / 0xffacbce3 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99cccc Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #acbce3

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #acbce3, its pure hue is 222.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, and its lightness is 78.2%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #acbce3, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #16181c to #97a5c7.

Tints of #acbce3

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #acbce3, its pure hue is 222.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, and its lightness is 78.2%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #acbce3, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b6c4e7 to #f5f7fc.

Tones of #acbce3

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #acbce3, its pure hue is 222.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #acbce3, which range from #c8c8c8 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #90b0ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #acbce3

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #acbce3! For #acbce3, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #acbce3. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #acbce3

This color, #acbce3, consists of 67.5% Red, 73.7% Green, and 89.0% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 172, Green = 188, Blue = 227. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #acbce3 is 24.2% Cyan, 17.2% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 11% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R67.5%
C24.2%
G73.7%
M17.2%
B89.0%
Y0.0%
K11.0%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 172 188 227
Octal 254 274 343
Hexa #ac #bc #e3
Binary 10101100 10111100 11100011
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 24 17 0 10
Octal 30 21 0 12
Hexa #18 #11 #00 #0a
Binary 00011000 00010001 00000000 00001010

Analogous Colors of #acbce3

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #acbce3 — which has hue 222.5° — its analogous colors are located at 192.5° and 252.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #acbce3.

Triadic Colors of #acbce3

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #acbce3 — which has hue 222.5° — its triadic colors are located at 102.5° and 342.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #acbce3.

Complementary Color of #acbce3

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #acbce3 — which has hue 222.5° — its complementary color is located at 42.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #acbce3.

Split Complementary Colors of #acbce3

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #acbce3 — which has hue 222.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 12.5° and 222.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #acbce3.

Tetradic Colors of #acbce3

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #acbce3 — which has hue 222.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 132.5°, 222.5°, 312.5°, and 42.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #acbce3.

Monochromatic Colors of #acbce3

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #acbce3, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #97a3c0 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #cfdbf8 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #acbce3

We want to make getting started with #acbce3 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #acbce3 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #acbce3 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #acbce3 with other HTML elements.

#acbce3 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #acbce3.
<span style="color: #acbce3;">The color of this text is #acbce3.</span>

#acbce3 Background Color

The background color for this text is #acbce3.
<div style="background-color: #acbce3; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #acbce3.</div>

#acbce3 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #acbce3.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #acbce3;">This color for the shadow of this text is #acbce3.</span>

#acbce3 Border Color

This is a div with border color #acbce3.
<div style="border: #acbce3 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #acbce3.</div>

#acbce3 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #acbce3 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #acbce3; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #acbce3 on a white background.</div></div>

#acbce3 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #acbce3 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #acbce3; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #acbce3 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #acbce3 to White

This is a gradient from #acbce3 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#acbce3,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #acbce3 to white.</div>

Gradient from #acbce3 to Black

This is a gradient from #acbce3 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#acbce3,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#acbce3,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #acbce3 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #acbce3

In addition to using #acbce3 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #acbce3 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #acbce3, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 172, Green = 188, Blue = 227). If you need details about the color coordinates of #acbce3 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #acbce3
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(172, 188, 227)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #acbce3; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #acbce3; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #acbce3; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(172, 188, 227);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#acbce3")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:172, green:188, blue:227, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:172 green:188 blue:227 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(172f, 188f, 227f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(172, 188, 227);
 

#acbce3 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #acbce3 the same way. For those with color blindness, #acbce3 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #acbce3 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #acbce3 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #acbce3 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #acbce3 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #acbce3 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.9:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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