Recognised as Colour

#B9EEEB

#B9EEEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EEEB is a cyan with RGB values 185, 238, 235 and HSL 177°, 61%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9EEEB#B9EEEB

HEX#B9EEEB

RGBrgb(185, 238, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9333, 0.9216

RGB percentages72.5%, 93.3%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(176.6, 60.9%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 22.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK22.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,185,323

CSS custom property--colour: #B9EEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.49:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#461114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A9F1EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.3 Powder blue · ΔE 6.8 Light cyan · ΔE 10.5 Light blue · ΔE 11.9 Azure · ΔE 15.3 Honeydew · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.27, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEB9BC

Analogous#B9EED0, #B9D6EE

Triadic#EBB9EE, #EEEBB9

Split complementary#EEB9D7, #EED0B9

Tetradic#D0B9EE, #EEB9BC, #D7EEB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E2F8F7

Darker −10%#90E4DF

Darker −20%#67DAD4

Darker −30%#3ED0C8

Darker −40%#2BB0A9

More saturated +25%#AEF9F5

Less saturated −25%#C4E3E1

Channel breakdown

R185

G238

B235

Red185 (72.5%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue176.6°

Saturation (HSL)60.92%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B9 · G EE · B EB

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