Colour

#BBE7F0

#BBE7F0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BBE7F0 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 231, 240 and HSL 190°, 64%, 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

#BBE7F0#BBE7F0

HEX#BBE7F0

RGBrgb(187, 231, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9059, 0.9412

RGB percentages73.3%, 90.6%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(190.2, 63.9%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 22.1%, 94.1%)

CMYK22.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,314,608

CSS custom property--colour: #BBE7F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.8:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#44180F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DCF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ABEBEAno 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 text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.5 Light blue · ΔE 5.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 10.8 Azure · ΔE 14.4 Alice blue · ΔE 14.5

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.52, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0C4BB

Analogous#BBF0DE, #BBCDF0

Triadic#F0BBE7, #E7F0BB

Split complementary#F0BBCD, #F0DEBB

Tetradic#DEBBF0, #F0C4BB, #CDF0BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5F6F9

Darker −10%#91D8E7

Darker −20%#67CADE

Darker −30%#3EBBD4

Darker −40%#289FB7

More saturated +25%#B1EEFA

Less saturated −25%#C5E0E6

Channel breakdown

R187

G231

B240

Red187 (73.3%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue190.19°

Saturation (HSL)63.86%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G E7 · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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