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Recognised as Colour

#BAE6FC

  • #BAE6FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BAE6FC is a blue with RGB values 186, 230, 252 and HSL 200°, 92%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BAE6FC#BAE6FC
HEX#BAE6FC
RGBrgb(186, 230, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.902, 0.9882
RGB percentages72.9%, 90.2%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(200, 91.7%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 26.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK26.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,248,828
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE6FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#451903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE4FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A6ECEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD0BA
Analogous#BAFCF1, #BAC5FC
Triadic#FCBAE6, #E6FCBA
Split complementary#FCBAC5, #FCF1BA
Tetradic#F1BAFC, #FCD0BA, #C5FCBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF8FE
Darker −10%#89D4FA
Darker −20%#58C3F8
Darker −30%#27B1F6
Darker −40%#0A99E0
More saturated +25%#B7E7FF
Less saturated −25%#C3E3F3

Channel breakdown

R186
G230
B252
Red186 (72.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G E6 · B FC

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