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#ACECEA Color

#ACECEA is rgb(172, 236, 234) in RGB, hsl(178, 63%, 80%) in HSL, and about cmyk(27%, 0%, 1%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Pale Blue (#AFEEEE), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.36. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ACECEA
HEX#ACECEA
RGBrgb(172, 236, 234)
HSLhsl(178, 63%, 80%)
HSVhsv(178, 27%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 1%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(90% 0.064 193.6)
LABlab(89.06% -21.15 -5.88)
LCHlch(89.06% 21.96 195.54)

What #ACECEA 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 #ACECEA, 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 teal in the library.

#ACECEA Channel Values

How #ACECEA 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 172 · G 236 · B 2348-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 178° · S 63% · L 80%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 178° · S 27% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 27% · M 0% · Y 1% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.32:1 vs white · 15.94:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ACECEA 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 text1.32:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.94:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #ACECEA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #ACECEA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ACECEA; 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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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #ACECEA

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 #ACECEA.

How #ACECEA 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#ACECEA
Protanopia#E3E3EA
Protanomaly#CFE6EA
Deuteranopia#DADAEB
Deuteranomaly#C9E1EB
Tritanopia#ACECEC
Tritanomaly#ACECEB
Achromatopsia#E0E0E0

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ACECEA in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-acecea: #ACECEA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ACECEA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-acecea': '#ACECEA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.925, blue: 0.918)
Android XML<color name="color_acecea">#ACECEA</color>
SVG fillfill="#ACECEA"

More Teal Colors

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

#ACECEA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ACECEA?

#ACECEA is a lightest teal — rgb(172, 236, 234) in RGB and hsl(178, 63%, 80%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Pale Blue (#AFEEEE), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.36.

What is the RGB value of #ACECEA?

#ACECEA is rgb(172, 236, 234) — red 172, green 236, and blue 234 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ACECEA?

#ACECEA converts to approximately cmyk(27%, 0%, 1%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ACECEA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ACECEA scores 1.32:1 against white and 15.94:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ACECEA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ACECEA 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 paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) at a CIE76 distance of 1.36, which is below the threshold most people can see.

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