Colour

#B9EFD4

#B9EFD4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EFD4 is a cyan with RGB values 185, 239, 212 and HSL 150°, 63%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9EFD4#B9EFD4

HEX#B9EFD4

RGBrgb(185, 239, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9373, 0.8314

RGB percentages72.5%, 93.7%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(150, 62.8%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150, 22.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK22.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,185,556

CSS custom property--colour: #B9EFD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.36:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#46102B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDE7D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E0D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AEEFE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Honeydew · ΔE 17.2 Powder blue · ΔE 18.1 Light cyan · ΔE 18.3 Beige · ΔE 19.7 Light yellow · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFB9D4

Analogous#B9EFB9, #B9EFEF

Triadic#D4B9EF, #EFD4B9

Split complementary#EFB9EF, #EFB9B9

Tetradic#B9B9EF, #EFB9D4, #EFEFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3F8ED

Darker −10%#8FE6BA

Darker −20%#66DCA1

Darker −30%#3CD387

Darker −40%#29B36E

More saturated +25%#AEFAD4

Less saturated −25%#C4E4D4

Channel breakdown

R185

G239

B212

Red185 (72.5%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue150°

Saturation (HSL)62.79%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B9 · G EF · B D4

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