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Recognised as Colour

#B1E9E1

  • #B1E9E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B1E9E1 is a cyan with RGB values 177, 233, 225 and HSL 171°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B1E9E1#B1E9E1
HEX#B1E9E1
RGBrgb(177, 233, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.9137, 0.8824
RGB percentages69.4%, 91.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(171.4, 56%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 24%, 91.4%)
CMYK24%, 0%, 3.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,659,745
CSS custom property--colour: #B1E9E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4E161E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E3E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DBE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A1ECE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.8Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light cyan · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 13.6Honeydew · ΔE 17.2Azure · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.76, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B1B9
Analogous#B1E9C5, #B1D5E9
Triadic#E1B1E9, #E9E1B1
Split complementary#E9B1D5, #E9C5B1
Tetradic#C5B1E9, #E9B1B9, #D5E9B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F4F0
Darker −10%#89DED2
Darker −20%#61D3C2
Darker −30%#3AC7B3
Darker −40%#2DA190
More saturated +25%#A5F6EA
Less saturated −25%#BEDDD8

Channel breakdown

R177
G233
B225
Red177 (69.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)56%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B1 · G E9 · B E1

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