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Recognised as Colour

#BAE7E0

  • #BAE7E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAE7E0 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 231, 224 and HSL 171°, 48%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BAE7E0#BAE7E0
HEX#BAE7E0
RGBrgb(186, 231, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9059, 0.8784
RGB percentages72.9%, 90.6%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(170.7, 48.4%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 19.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK19.5%, 0%, 3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,056
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE7E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.59:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#45181F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E2E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AEE9E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Light cyan · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 12.2Honeydew · ΔE 14.8Azure · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7BAC1
Analogous#BAE7CA, #BAD7E7
Triadic#E0BAE7, #E7E0BA
Split complementary#E7BAD7, #E7CABA
Tetradic#CABAE7, #E7BAC1, #D8E7BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F4F1
Darker −10%#94DACF
Darker −20%#6ECDBE
Darker −30%#48C0AD
Darker −40%#379E8E
More saturated +25%#AEF3E8
Less saturated −25%#C6DBD8

Channel breakdown

R186
G231
B224
Red186 (72.9%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue170.67°
Saturation (HSL)48.39%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G E7 · B E0

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