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Recognised as Colour

#B9EFEE

  • #B9EFEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9EFEE is a cyan with RGB values 185, 239, 238 and HSL 179°, 63%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9EFEE#B9EFEE
HEX#B9EFEE
RGBrgb(185, 239, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9373, 0.9333
RGB percentages72.5%, 93.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(178.9, 62.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 22.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK22.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,185,582
CSS custom property--colour: #B9EFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#461011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8EAEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE2EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A8F2EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.8Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Light cyan · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 11.4Azure · ΔE 15.2Honeydew · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB9BA
Analogous#B9EFD3, #B9D5EF
Triadic#EEB9EF, #EFEEB9
Split complementary#EFB9D5, #EFD3B9
Tetradic#D3B9EF, #EFB9BA, #D5EFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F8F8
Darker −10%#8FE6E4
Darker −20%#66DCDA
Darker −30%#3CD3D0
Darker −40%#29B3B1
More saturated +25%#AEFAF8
Less saturated −25%#C4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R185
G239
B238
Red185 (72.5%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue178.89°
Saturation (HSL)62.79%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G EF · B EE

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