#ACCCDF
Light Blue · light cool blue
About #ACCCDF
#ACCCDF is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 5.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBFAC — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #ACCCDF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ACCCDF
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #ACCCDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ACCCDF?
#ACCCDF is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ACCCDF?
Use black text. Black on #ACCCDF has a contrast ratio of 12.46:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ACCCDF?
Its complementary colour is #DFBFAC, and analogous partners are #ACDFD9 and #ACB3DF.