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#ACC4E2 — Light Muted Blue

#ACC4E2 is a blue color we call Light Muted Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #ACC4E2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ACC4E2 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E2CAAC; it also sits naturally between #ACDFE2 and #AFACE2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACC4E2 · RGB 172, 196, 226

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Color values

HEX#ACC4E2
RGB172, 196, 226
HSL213°, 48%, 78%
HSV213°, 24%, 89%
CMYK24%, 13%, 0%, 11%
XYZ50.48, 53.74, 79.66
Yxy53.74, 0.2745, 0.2923
CIE-Lab78.31, -1.60, -17.61
Hunter Lab73.31, -1.48, -17.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 77% · Blue 89%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ACC4E2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACC4E2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACC4E2

.text { color: #ACC4E2; }
.background { background-color: #ACC4E2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACC4E2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 196, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(213, 48%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACC4E2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 196, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACC4E2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 196, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACC4E2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACC4E2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACC4E2

#92B2D9#739CCE#5989C5#4075B5#36649B#2D5380#223F62#192E48#0F1B2A#050A0F

Tints of #ACC4E2

#B4CAE4#BBCFE7#BFD2E8#C6D7EB#CEDCEE#D5E2F0#DDE7F3#E1EAF4#E8EFF7#F0F4FA

Tones of #ACC4E2

#B0C5DE#B4C5DA#B8C5D6#BBC6D3#BFC6CF#C3C7CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2CAAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACC4E2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACC4E2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ACC4E2: ·

How #ACC4E2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B6B7DBDeuteranopia · #B5B3D9Tritanopia · #ADD5D4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACC4E2 rather than the exact color:

Wild Tempest
#20689A · #B5267A · #9AD741 · #AFCAE5
Wild Ruby Bloom
#1A508A · #D7287D · #73C525 · #A9BEE5
Palette 6e85b7
#6E85B7 · #B2C8DF · #C4D7E0 · #F8F9D7
Mellow Tempest
#115558 · #12B1B9 · #4797E1 · #ACCCE3
Smoky Ruby Harbor
#1D54BC · #CD1F5C · #5ED020 · #A8C8E8
Vintage Breeze
#B4C5E4 · #3F6CC0 · #254279 · #141F34

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AFCAE5#A9BEE5#B2C8DF#ACCCE3#A8C8E8#B4C5E4#AFC8DA#A6C4DA#ACBAE1#A7C5EB#B0CDE6#B2C0EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACC4E1  ·  #ACC4E3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACC4E2?

#ACC4E2 is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 172, 196, 226). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACC4E2?

#ACC4E2 is RGB 172, 196, 226 — HSL 213°, 48%, 78% — CMYK 24%, 13%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #ACC4E2?

Its complement is #E2CAAC; analogous partners are #ACDFE2 and #AFACE2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACC4E2 for text?

Black text on #ACC4E2 has a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.