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Recognised as Colour

#BAE9D7

  • #BAE9D7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAE9D7 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 233, 215 and HSL 157°, 52%, 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

#BAE9D7#BAE9D7
HEX#BAE9D7
RGBrgb(186, 233, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9137, 0.8431
RGB percentages72.9%, 91.4%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(157, 51.6%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157, 20.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK20.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,559
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE9D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.72:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#451628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDCD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0EAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 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 text15.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Light cyan · ΔE 14.5Honeydew · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 17.8Azure · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9BACC
Analogous#BAE9BF, #BAE4E9
Triadic#D7BAE9, #E9D7BA
Split complementary#E9BAE3, #E9BFBA
Tetradic#C0BAE9, #E9BACC, #E4E9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1F5ED
Darker −10%#93DDC1
Darker −20%#6DD0AA
Darker −30%#46C494
Darker −40%#34A378
More saturated +25%#AFF4DA
Less saturated −25%#C5DED4

Channel breakdown

R186
G233
B215
Red186 (72.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue157.02°
Saturation (HSL)51.65%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G E9 · B D7

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