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Recognised as Colour

#BBE7EF

  • #BBE7EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BBE7EF is a cyan with RGB values 187, 231, 239 and HSL 189°, 62%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BBE7EF#BBE7EF
HEX#BBE7EF
RGBrgb(187, 231, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9059, 0.9373
RGB percentages73.3%, 90.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(189.2, 61.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 21.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK21.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,314,607
CSS custom property--colour: #BBE7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#441810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ABEBE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.3Light blue · ΔE 6.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Light cyan · ΔE 10.7Azure · ΔE 14.3Alice blue · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.27, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC3BB
Analogous#BBEFDD, #BBCDEF
Triadic#EFBBE7, #E7EFBB
Split complementary#EFBBCD, #EFDDBB
Tetradic#DDBBEF, #EFC3BB, #CDEFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F6F9
Darker −10%#92D8E5
Darker −20%#68CADC
Darker −30%#3FBBD2
Darker −40%#2A9FB4
More saturated +25%#B0EEFA
Less saturated −25%#C5E0E4

Channel breakdown

R187
G231
B239
Red187 (73.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G E7 · B EF

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