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Recognised as Colour

#B9FDFD

  • #B9FDFD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B9FDFD is a cyan with RGB values 185, 253, 253 and HSL 180°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B9FDFD#B9FDFD
HEX#B9FDFD
RGBrgb(185, 253, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.9922, 0.9922
RGB percentages72.5%, 99.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(180, 94.4%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 26.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.9%, 0%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,189,181
CSS custom property--colour: #B9FDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.53:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF
Inverted#460202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7EDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A1FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light cyan · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 15.7Azure · ΔE 17.3Honeydew · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB9B9
Analogous#B9FDDB, #B9DBFD
Triadic#FDB9FD, #FDFDB9
Split complementary#FDB9DB, #FDDBB9
Tetradic#DBB9FD, #FDB9B9, #DBFDB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBFEFE
Darker −10%#87FCFC
Darker −20%#56FAFA
Darker −30%#24F9F9
Darker −40%#06E4E4
More saturated +25%#B7FFFF
Less saturated −25%#C2F4F4

Channel breakdown

R185
G253
B253
Red185 (72.5%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR B9 · G FD · B FD

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