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#ACDCCC — Light Muted Teal

#ACDCCC is a teal color we call Light Muted Teal, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the teal family.

#ACDCCC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #DCACBC; it also sits naturally between #ACDCB4 and #ACD4DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACDCCC · RGB 172, 220, 204

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Color values

HEX#ACDCCC
RGB172, 220, 204
HSL160°, 41%, 77%
HSV160°, 22%, 86%
CMYK22%, 0%, 7%, 14%
XYZ53.51, 64.32, 66.72
Yxy64.32, 0.2899, 0.3485
CIE-Lab84.13, -18.75, 2.76
Hunter Lab80.20, -17.24, 2.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 86% · Blue 80%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ACDCCC

.text { color: #ACDCCC; }
.background { background-color: #ACDCCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACDCCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 220, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(160, 41%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACDCCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 220, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACDCCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 220, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ACDCCC

#93D2BD#76C6AB#5DBB9C#48AD8B#3E9377#327760#275D4B#1D4437#112820#060E0C

Tints of #ACDCCC

#B3DFD1#BBE2D5#C2E5DA#C9E8DE#D0EBE2#D4EDE5#DBF0E9#E2F3ED#E9F6F2#F1F9F6

Tones of #ACDCCC

#B0D9CB#B3D5CA#B7D2C9#BACFC8#BDCBC7#C1C8C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DCACBC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.86:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACDCCC: #000000.

How #ACDCCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C1D0Deuteranopia · #BEBAD1Tritanopia · #AED3D4

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 · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fffeec
#FFFEEC · #AEDDCD · #E4508F · #556FB5
Modern Twilight
#912E48 · #CB5C64 · #62CDB1 · #B0DFCE
Palette 647fbc
#647FBC · #91ADC8 · #AED6CF · #FAFDD6
Misty Bloom
#3E512C · #4EA62A · #4FD16F · #AFE2C9
Palette 52357b
#52357B · #5459AC · #648DB3 · #B2D8CE
Palette 091413
#091413 · #285A48 · #408A71 · #B0E4CC

Similar colors

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

#AEDDCD#B0DFCE#AED6CF#AFE2C9#B2D8CE#B0E4CC#A6E3CE#A4E0D0#A7D7C5#B4D6CD#B3E1C5#A8E6CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACDCCB  ·  #ACDCCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACDCCC?

#ACDCCC is Light Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 172, 220, 204). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACDCCC?

#ACDCCC is RGB 172, 220, 204 — HSL 160°, 41%, 77% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 7%, 14%.

What colors go with #ACDCCC?

Its complement is #DCACBC; analogous partners are #ACDCB4 and #ACD4DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACDCCC for text?

Black text on #ACDCCC has a contrast ratio of 13.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.