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Recognised as Colour

#B9E8EE

  • #B9E8EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B9E8EE is a cyan with RGB values 185, 232, 238 and HSL 187°, 61%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B9E8EE#B9E8EE
HEX#B9E8EE
RGBrgb(185, 232, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9098, 0.9333
RGB percentages72.5%, 91%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(186.8, 60.9%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 22.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK22.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,183,790
CSS custom property--colour: #B9E8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#461711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A9ECEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 6.9Light cyan · ΔE 10.6Azure · ΔE 14.7Alice blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.91, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBFB9
Analogous#B9EEDA, #B9CDEE
Triadic#EEB9E8, #E8EEB9
Split complementary#EEB9CD, #EED9B9
Tetradic#DAB9EE, #EEBFB9, #CDEEB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F5F8
Darker −10%#90DBE4
Darker −20%#67CDDA
Darker −30%#3EC0D0
Darker −40%#2BA1B0
More saturated +25%#AEF0F9
Less saturated −25%#C4E0E3

Channel breakdown

R185
G232
B238
Red185 (72.5%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue186.79°
Saturation (HSL)60.92%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G E8 · B EE

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