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Recognised as Colour

#BAE8DB

  • #BAE8DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAE8DB is a cyan with RGB values 186, 232, 219 and HSL 163°, 50%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BAE8DB#BAE8DB
HEX#BAE8DB
RGBrgb(186, 232, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9098, 0.8588
RGB percentages72.9%, 91%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(163, 50%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 19.8%, 91%)
CMYK19.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,307
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73267WCAG 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 15.65:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#451724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E2DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCDCDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AFE9E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Light cyan · ΔE 12.8Honeydew · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 15.2Azure · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8BAC7
Analogous#BAE8C4, #BADEE8
Triadic#DBBAE8, #E8DBBA
Split complementary#E8BADE, #E8C4BA
Tetradic#C4BAE8, #E8BAC7, #DEE8BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F5EF
Darker −10%#94DBC7
Darker −20%#6DCFB3
Darker −30%#47C29F
Darker −40%#35A182
More saturated +25%#AFF4E0
Less saturated −25%#C5DCD6

Channel breakdown

R186
G232
B219
Red186 (72.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue163.04°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G E8 · B DB

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