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Colour

#BBEEDD

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

#BBEEDD is a cyan with RGB values 187, 238, 221 and HSL 160°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBEEDD#BBEEDD
HEX#BBEEDD
HEX (short)#BED
RGBrgb(187, 238, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9333, 0.8667
RGB percentages73.3%, 93.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(160, 60%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 21.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK21.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,316,381
CSS custom property--colour: #BBEEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.39:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#441122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E0DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFEFE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Light cyan · ΔE 13.8Honeydew · ΔE 14.9Azure · ΔE 17.7Mint cream · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBBCC
Analogous#BBEEC3, #BBE5EE
Triadic#DDBBEE, #EEDDBB
Split complementary#EEBBE5, #EEC3BB
Tetradic#C3BBEE, #EEBBCC, #E5EEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F8F1
Darker −10%#92E4C9
Darker −20%#69DAB4
Darker −30%#41CFA0
Darker −40%#2CB185
More saturated +25%#B0F9E1
Less saturated −25%#C6E3D9

Channel breakdown

R187
G238
B221
Red187 (73.3%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G EE · B DD

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