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Recognised as Colour

#BBEADD

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

#BBEADD is a cyan with RGB values 187, 234, 221 and HSL 163°, 53%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBEADD#BBEADD
HEX#BBEADD
RGBrgb(187, 234, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9176, 0.8667
RGB percentages73.3%, 91.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(163.4, 52.8%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.4, 20.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,315,357
CSS custom property--colour: #BBEADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#441522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDEDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0EBE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Light cyan · ΔE 12.5Honeydew · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 15.5Azure · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EABBC8
Analogous#BBEAC5, #BBE0EA
Triadic#DDBBEA, #EADDBB
Split complementary#EABBE0, #EAC6BB
Tetradic#C5BBEA, #EABBC8, #DFEABB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F6F0
Darker −10%#94DECA
Darker −20%#6DD2B6
Darker −30%#46C6A3
Darker −40%#33A686
More saturated +25%#B0F5E2
Less saturated −25%#C6DFD8

Channel breakdown

R187
G234
B221
Red187 (73.3%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue163.4°
Saturation (HSL)52.81%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G EA · B DD

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