Colour

#BAECEE

#BAECEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAECEE is a cyan with RGB values 186, 236, 238 and HSL 182°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#BAECEE

RGBrgb(186, 236, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9255, 0.9333

RGB percentages72.9%, 92.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(182.3, 60.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 21.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK21.8%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,250,350

CSS custom property--colour: #BAECEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.32:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#451311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A9F0ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text16.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.2 Powder blue · ΔE 4.6 Light blue · ΔE 9.4 Light cyan · ΔE 9.9 Azure · ΔE 14.5 Alice blue · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.19, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEBCBA

Analogous#BAEED6, #BAD2EE

Triadic#EEBAEC, #ECEEBA

Split complementary#EEBAD2, #EED6BA

Tetradic#D6BAEE, #EEBCBA, #D2EEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3F7F8

Darker −10%#91E1E4

Darker −20%#68D5DA

Darker −30%#3FCAD0

Darker −40%#2BABB1

More saturated +25%#AFF6F9

Less saturated −25%#C5E2E3

Channel breakdown

R186

G236

B238

Red186 (72.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue182.31°

Saturation (HSL)60.47%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G EC · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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