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#ACCAEA — Light Blue

#ACCAEA is a blue color we call Light 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 #ACCAEA 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.

#ACCAEA 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 #EBCDAD; it also sits naturally between #ADEAEB and #AEADEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACCAEA · RGB 172, 202, 234

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Color values

HEX#ACCAEA
RGB172, 202, 234
HSL211°, 60%, 80%
HSV211°, 26%, 92%
CMYK26%, 14%, 0%, 8%
XYZ52.99, 56.95, 86.04
Yxy56.95, 0.2704, 0.2906
CIE-Lab80.15, -2.95, -19.12
Hunter Lab75.47, -2.75, -19.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 79% · Blue 92%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ACCAEA

.text { color: #ACCAEA; }
.background { background-color: #ACCAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACCAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 202, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(211, 60%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACCAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 202, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACCAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 202, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ACCAEA

#8DB6E2#70A4DB#508FD3#337DCC#2B69AB#23558B#1C436E#132F4E#0C1E31#040A10

Tints of #ACCAEA

#B6D0ED#BAD3EE#C2D8F0#C6DBF1#CEE0F3#D6E5F5#DAE8F6#E2EDF8#E7EFF9#EFF5FB

Tones of #ACCAEA

#B2CBE6#B6CBE2#BBCBDD#BFCCD9#C3CCD5#C7CCD1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBCDAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACCAEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACCAEA

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 #ACCAEA: ·

How #ACCAEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B9B9E2Deuteranopia · #B7B5E0Tritanopia · #AEDCDB

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 #ACCAEA rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Twilight
#B6F0D9 · #B0CAEC · #E1D3EE · #F2D6E4
Smoky Ruby Harbor
#1D54BC · #CD1F5C · #5ED020 · #A8C8E8
Tender Ruby Aurora
#126468 · #0E3DA1 · #50CEEE · #B0CBEE
Wild Tempest
#20689A · #B5267A · #9AD741 · #AFCAE5
Misty Harbor
#8D4715 · #E1683A · #1F84CC · #A6C8EB
Hidden Ruby
#FDF4D2 · #B0CDE6 · #A290B7 · #946D6D

Similar colors

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

#B0CAEC#A8C8E8#B0CBEE#AFCAE5#A6C8EB#B0CDE6#A7C5EB#ACCCE3#A7C7F1#B5C8E9#AAD0E3#A6D0E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACCAE9  ·  #ACCAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACCAEA?

#ACCAEA is Light Blue, a blue color (RGB 172, 202, 234). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACCAEA?

#ACCAEA is RGB 172, 202, 234 — HSL 211°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 26%, 14%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #ACCAEA?

Its complement is #EBCDAD; analogous partners are #ADEAEB and #AEADEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACCAEA for text?

Black text on #ACCAEA has a contrast ratio of 12.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.