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Recognised as Colour

#B9EAD8

  • #B9EAD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EAD8 is a cyan with RGB values 185, 234, 216 and HSL 158°, 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

#B9EAD8#B9EAD8
HEX#B9EAD8
RGBrgb(185, 234, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9176, 0.8471
RGB percentages72.5%, 91.8%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(158, 53.8%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 20.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,184,280
CSS custom property--colour: #B9EAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74118WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#461527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E3D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDDD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#AEEBE5no 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 text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 13Light cyan · ΔE 14.6Honeydew · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 18Azure · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB9CB
Analogous#B9EAC0, #B9E3EA
Triadic#D8B9EA, #EAD8B9
Split complementary#EAB9E3, #EAC0B9
Tetradic#C0B9EA, #EAB9CB, #E3EAB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F6EE
Darker −10%#92DEC2
Darker −20%#6BD2AC
Darker −30%#43C796
Darker −40%#32A57B
More saturated +25%#AEF5DB
Less saturated −25%#C4DFD5

Channel breakdown

R185
G234
B216
Red185 (72.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue157.96°
Saturation (HSL)53.85%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G EA · B D8

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