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Recognised as Colour

#BAE9FC

  • #BAE9FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BAE9FC is a cyan with RGB values 186, 233, 252 and HSL 197°, 92%, 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

#BAE9FC#BAE9FC
HEX#BAE9FC
RGBrgb(186, 233, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9137, 0.9882
RGB percentages72.9%, 91.4%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(197.3, 91.7%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 26.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK26.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,596
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE9FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#451603

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A6EFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light cyan · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCCDBA
Analogous#BAFCEE, #BAC8FC
Triadic#FCBAE9, #E9FCBA
Split complementary#FCBAC8, #FCEEBA
Tetradic#EEBAFC, #FCCDBA, #C8FCBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF9FE
Darker −10%#89D9FA
Darker −20%#58CAF8
Darker −30%#27BAF6
Darker −40%#0AA3E0
More saturated +25%#B7EAFF
Less saturated −25%#C3E5F3

Channel breakdown

R186
G233
B252
Red186 (72.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue197.27°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G E9 · B FC

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