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Recognised as Colour

#BAE2DB

  • #BAE2DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BAE2DB is a cyan with RGB values 186, 226, 219 and HSL 170°, 41%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BAE2DB#BAE2DB
HEX#BAE2DB
RGBrgb(186, 226, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8863, 0.8588
RGB percentages72.9%, 88.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(169.5, 40.8%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 17.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK17.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,247,771
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE2DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#451D24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDDDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B0E4E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 11.6Light cyan · ΔE 12Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4Light grey · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2BAC1
Analogous#BAE2C7, #BAD5E2
Triadic#DBBAE2, #E2DBBA
Split complementary#E2BAD5, #E2C7BA
Tetradic#C7BAE2, #E2BAC1, #D5E2BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEF1EE
Darker −10%#96D3C8
Darker −20%#72C4B6
Darker −30%#4EB5A3
Darker −40%#3E9284
More saturated +25%#AEEEE3
Less saturated −25%#C6D6D3

Channel breakdown

R186
G226
B219
Red186 (72.9%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue169.5°
Saturation (HSL)40.82%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G E2 · B DB

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