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Recognised as Colour

#94BCBF

  • #94BCBF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#94BCBF is a cyan with RGB values 148, 188, 191 and HSL 184°, 25%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#94BCBF#94BCBF
HEX#94BCBF
RGBrgb(148, 188, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.7373, 0.749
RGB percentages58%, 73.7%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(184.2, 25.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 22.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK22.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,747,647
CSS custom property--colour: #94BCBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#6B4340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B8BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB2BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#86BFBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 14.5Dark grey · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF9794
Analogous#94BFAD, #94A7BF
Triadic#BF94BC, #BCBF94
Split complementary#BF94A7, #BFAD94
Tetradic#AD94BF, #BF9794, #A7BF94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8F8
Lighter +20%#D4E4E5
Lighter +10%#B4D0D2
Darker −10%#74A8AC
Darker −20%#599094
Darker −30%#467174
Darker −40%#335254
More saturated +25%#7FCED4
Less saturated −25%#A9AAAA

Channel breakdown

R148
G188
B191
Red148 (58%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue184.19°
Saturation (HSL)25.15%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G BC · B BF

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