Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B9EEDC

  • #B9EEDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EEDC is a cyan with RGB values 185, 238, 220 and HSL 160°, 61%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9EEDC#B9EEDC
HEX#B9EEDC
RGBrgb(185, 238, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9333, 0.8627
RGB percentages72.5%, 93.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(159.6, 60.9%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.6, 22.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK22.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,185,308
CSS custom property--colour: #B9EEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.33:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#461123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE7DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ADEFE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 14.6Honeydew · ΔE 15.6Azure · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB9CB
Analogous#B9EEC1, #B9E5EE
Triadic#DCB9EE, #EEDCB9
Split complementary#EEB9E5, #EEC1B9
Tetradic#C1B9EE, #EEB9CB, #E5EEB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F8F1
Darker −10%#90E4C7
Darker −20%#67DAB3
Darker −30%#3ED09E
Darker −40%#2BB083
More saturated +25%#AEF9DF
Less saturated −25%#C4E3D9

Channel breakdown

R185
G238
B220
Red185 (72.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue159.62°
Saturation (HSL)60.92%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G EE · B DC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b9eedc” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.