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Recognised as Colour

#BAF9EF

  • #BAF9EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BAF9EF is a cyan with RGB values 186, 249, 239 and HSL 170°, 84%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BAF9EF#BAF9EF
HEX#BAF9EF
RGBrgb(186, 249, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9765, 0.9373
RGB percentages72.9%, 97.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(170.5, 84%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 25.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK25.3%, 0%, 4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,253,679
CSS custom property--colour: #BAF9EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.88:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#450610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8FCF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light cyan · ΔE 12.6Honeydew · ΔE 16.5Azure · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9BAC4
Analogous#BAF9D0, #BAE4F9
Triadic#EFBAF9, #F9EFBA
Split complementary#F9BAE4, #F9D0BA
Tetradic#D0BAF9, #F9BAC4, #E4F9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9FDFA
Darker −10%#8BF5E4
Darker −20%#5CF1D9
Darker −30%#2DEDCE
Darker −40%#12D5B6
More saturated +25%#B4FFF3
Less saturated −25%#C3F0E9

Channel breakdown

R186
G249
B239
Red186 (72.9%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue170.48°
Saturation (HSL)84%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G F9 · B EF

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