cyancoolCC0 survey name

Light Cyan #ACFFFC

Light Cyan is a light, vivid cool color (#ACFFFC; HSL 178° 100% 84%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “light cyan”.

Use cases: Fresh accents · Aquatic themes

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Families: Cyans · Aqua Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#ACFFFC
RGBrgb(172, 255, 252)
HSLhsl(178, 100%, 84%)
HSVhsv(178, 33%, 100%)
OKLCHoklch(94.62% 0.081 193)
OKLaboklab(94.62% -0.0785 -0.0181)
CMYKcmyk(32.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 0%)
XYZxyz(70.3378, 87.3147, 105.2237)
CIE-LABlab(94.9, -25.6, -6.6)
CIE-LCHlch(94.9, 26.5, 194.4°)
Luminance0.873 (WCAG relative)
/* Light Cyan */ --light-cyan: #acfffc; color: #acfffc; background-color: #acfffc;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0).

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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OKLCH ramp (perceptually uniform, modern CSS)

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Shades (toward black)

#99e2e0 #87c6c4 #76aba9 #64918f #547776 #435e5d #344746 #253030 #161c1b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#b6fffc #bffffd #c7fffd #d0fffd #d8fffd #e0fffe #e8fffe #f0fffe #f8ffff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#b4fefb #bcfcfa #c3fbf8 #caf9f7 #d1f8f6 #d8f6f5 #def5f4 #e4f3f3 #eaf2f1 #f0f0f0

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#ACFFFC
#FFACAF
#acfffc #ffacaf

Analogous

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#ACFFD2
#ACFFFC
#ACD8FF
#acffd2 #acfffc #acd8ff

Triadic

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#ACFFFC
#FCACFF
#FFFCAC
#acfffc #fcacff #fffcac

Tetradic

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#ACFFFC
#D2ACFF
#FFACAF
#D8FFAC
#acfffc #d2acff #ffacaf #d8ffac

Square

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#ACFFFC
#D2ACFF
#FFACAF
#D8FFAC
#acfffc #d2acff #ffacaf #d8ffac

Split Complementary

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#ACFFFC
#FFACD8
#FFD2AC
#acfffc #ffacd8 #ffd2ac

Monochromatic

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#32FFF8
#6FFFFA
#ACFFFC
#E0FFFE
#E0FFFE
#32fff8 #6ffffa #acfffc #e0fffe #e0fffe

Accessibility & contrast

1.14
#ACFFFC on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
18.46
#ACFFFC on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on light cyan

18.46
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5F7FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6EBFD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8DFFFE

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Pale Cyan #B7FFFA1.68
Eggshell Blue #C4FFF74.07
Paleturquoise #AFEEEE4.41
Pale Aqua #B8FFEB6.41
Pale Blue #D0FEFE6.64
Ice #D6FFFA7.44

Colors that go with light cyan

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

7.8:1
Same hue family as light cyan (Δh 2°) — guaranteed harmony
Light Navy #155084
7.3:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈30°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Eggplant #380835
14.7:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈126°) — balanced three-way contrast
Espresso #4B382A
9.7:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈152°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Wine #722F37
8.5:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈175°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.