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Recognised as Colour

#BAE8FE

  • #BAE8FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BAE8FE is a cyan with RGB values 186, 232, 254 and HSL 199°, 97%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BAE8FE#BAE8FE
HEX#BAE8FE
RGBrgb(186, 232, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9098, 0.9961
RGB percentages72.9%, 91%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(199.4, 97.1%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 26.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK26.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,342
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#451701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A5EEEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.1Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Light cyan · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED0BA
Analogous#BAFEF2, #BAC6FE
Triadic#FEBAE8, #E8FEBA
Split complementary#FEBAC6, #FEF2BA
Tetradic#F2BAFE, #FED0BA, #C6FEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF9FF
Darker −10%#88D7FD
Darker −20%#55C6FD
Darker −30%#23B6FC
Darker −40%#039EE9
More saturated +25%#B9E8FF
Less saturated −25%#C3E5F5

Channel breakdown

R186
G232
B254
Red186 (72.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue199.41°
Saturation (HSL)97.14%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G E8 · B FE

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