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#AACBEE Color

#AACBEE is rgb(170, 203, 238) in RGB, hsl(211, 67%, 80%) in HSL, and about cmyk(29%, 15%, 0%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Pale Cornflower Blue (#ABCDEF), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.9. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AACBEE
HEX#AACBEE
RGBrgb(170, 203, 238)
HSLhsl(211, 67%, 80%)
HSVhsv(211, 29%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 15%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(83% 0.061 250.1)
LABlab(80.15% -5.46 -21.20)
LCHlch(80.15% 21.90 255.55)

What #AACBEE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AACBEE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#AACBEE Channel Values

How #AACBEE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 170 · G 203 · B 2388-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 211° · S 67% · L 80%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 211° · S 29% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 29% · M 15% · Y 0% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.68:1 vs white · 12.49:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AACBEE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.68:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text12.49:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AACBEE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AACBEE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AACBEE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AACBEE.

How #AACBEE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AACBEE
Protanopia#C6C6EE
Protanomaly#BBC8EE
Deuteranopia#C1C1EF
Deuteranomaly#B8C5EE
Tritanopia#A4D0D0
Tritanomaly#A6CEDD
Achromatopsia#C7C7C7

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AACBEE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aacbee: #AACBEE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AACBEE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aacbee': '#AACBEE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.796, blue: 0.933)
Android XML<color name="color_aacbee">#AACBEE</color>
SVG fillfill="#AACBEE"

More Blue Colors

#AACBEE sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AACBEE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AACBEE?

#AACBEE is a lightest blue — rgb(170, 203, 238) in RGB and hsl(211, 67%, 80%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Pale Cornflower Blue (#ABCDEF), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.9.

What is the RGB value of #AACBEE?

#AACBEE is rgb(170, 203, 238) — red 170, green 203, and blue 238 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AACBEE?

#AACBEE converts to approximately cmyk(29%, 15%, 0%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AACBEE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AACBEE scores 1.68:1 against white and 12.49:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AACBEE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AACBEE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE) at a CIE76 distance of 6.59, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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