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Recognised as Colour

#BAEAFB

  • #BAEAFB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BAEAFB is a cyan with RGB values 186, 234, 251 and HSL 196°, 89%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BAEAFB#BAEAFB
HEX#BAEAFB
RGBrgb(186, 234, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9176, 0.9843
RGB percentages72.9%, 91.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(195.7, 89%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 25.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK25.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,249,851
CSS custom property--colour: #BAEAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.25:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#451504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A6F0EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 7Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Light cyan · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Alice blue · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBCBBA
Analogous#BAFBEB, #BACAFB
Triadic#FBBAEA, #EAFBBA
Split complementary#FBBACA, #FBEBBA
Tetradic#EBBAFB, #FBCBBA, #CAFBBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF9FE
Darker −10%#8ADBF8
Darker −20%#5ACDF5
Darker −30%#29BEF3
Darker −40%#0DA6DC
More saturated +25%#B6ECFF
Less saturated −25%#C3E6F2

Channel breakdown

R186
G234
B251
Red186 (72.9%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue195.69°
Saturation (HSL)89.04%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G EA · B FB

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