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Recognised as Colour

#BAF9E8

  • #BAF9E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAF9E8 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 249, 232 and HSL 164°, 84%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BAF9E8#BAF9E8
HEX#BAF9E8
RGBrgb(186, 249, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9765, 0.9098
RGB percentages72.9%, 97.6%, 91%
HSLhsl(163.8, 84%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.8, 25.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK25.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,253,672
CSS custom property--colour: #BAF9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.8:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#450617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F1E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9E9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AAFBF4no 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 text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Light cyan · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Honeydew · ΔE 16.8Azure · ΔE 19.3Mint cream · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9BACB
Analogous#BAF9C9, #BAEBF9
Triadic#E8BAF9, #F9E8BA
Split complementary#F9BAEA, #F9C9BA
Tetradic#C9BAF9, #F9BACB, #EAF9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9FDF8
Darker −10%#8BF5D8
Darker −20%#5CF1C9
Darker −30%#2DEDB9
Darker −40%#12D5A0
More saturated +25%#B4FFEB
Less saturated −25%#C3F0E4

Channel breakdown

R186
G249
B232
Red186 (72.9%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue163.81°
Saturation (HSL)84%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G F9 · B E8

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