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Colour

#B9EFE3

  • #B9EFE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EFE3 is a cyan with RGB values 185, 239, 227 and HSL 167°, 63%, 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

#B9EFE3#B9EFE3
HEX#B9EFE3
RGBrgb(185, 239, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9373, 0.8902
RGB percentages72.5%, 93.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(166.7, 62.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 22.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK22.6%, 0%, 5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,185,571
CSS custom property--colour: #B9EFE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.52:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#46101C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE8E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E1E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ABF1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light cyan · ΔE 12.6Honeydew · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 16Azure · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB9C5
Analogous#B9EFC8, #B9E0EF
Triadic#E3B9EF, #EFE3B9
Split complementary#EFB9E0, #EFC8B9
Tetradic#C8B9EF, #EFB9C5, #E0EFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F8F4
Darker −10%#8FE6D2
Darker −20%#66DCC2
Darker −30%#3CD3B1
Darker −40%#29B394
More saturated +25%#AEFAE9
Less saturated −25%#C4E4DD

Channel breakdown

R185
G239
B227
Red185 (72.5%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue166.67°
Saturation (HSL)62.79%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G EF · B E3

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