Information about #ACB5DB color
Basic facts about this digital color
#ACB5DB presents itself as a softly balanced blue — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Pigeon Post (#AFBDD9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bauhaus (#A9AED5) and Serendipity (#B1B9D3).
In RGB terms — rgb(172, 181, 219) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #ACB5DB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#ACB5DB color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#ACB5DB color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#ACB5DB color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#ACB5DB color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#ACB5DB color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#ACB5DB color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #ACB5DB color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #ACB5DB
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AFBDD9
#A9AED5
#B1B9D3
#ACC2D9
#ACB9E8
#A2B9D2
#ACACE6
#BBB5D8
#AAC2E3
#B2B9CD
#B0C4DE
#B3C4D8
#ACB5DB color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#ACB5DB
- RGB172, 181, 219
- CMYK18, 15, 0, 14
- CSSrgb(172, 181, 219)
- HSL229°, 39%, 77%
- HSL Precise228.511°, 39.496%, 76.667%
- HSV229°, 21%, 86%
- HSB229°, 21%, 86%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.859
- GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.710, 0.859)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.710, 0.859, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.710, 0.859)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB71%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB85.9%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDACB5DB
- DECIMAL ID11318747
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
