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Recognised as Colour

#B9EAD7

  • #B9EAD7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 185, 234, 215 and HSL 157°, 54%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9EAD7#B9EAD7
HEX#B9EAD7
RGBrgb(185, 234, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9176, 0.8431
RGB percentages72.5%, 91.8%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(156.7, 53.8%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.7, 20.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,184,279
CSS custom property--colour: #B9EAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#461528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDDD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#AEEBE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 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 text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 15Honeydew · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 18.5Azure · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB9CC
Analogous#B9EABF, #B9E4EA
Triadic#D7B9EA, #EAD7B9
Split complementary#EAB9E4, #EABFB9
Tetradic#BFB9EA, #EAB9CC, #E4EAB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F6ED
Darker −10%#92DEC1
Darker −20%#6BD2AA
Darker −30%#43C794
Darker −40%#32A578
More saturated +25%#AEF5DA
Less saturated −25%#C4DFD4

Channel breakdown

R185
G234
B215
Red185 (72.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue156.73°
Saturation (HSL)53.85%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G EA · B D7

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