Colour

#BBEEED

#BBEEED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBEEED is a cyan with RGB values 187, 238, 237 and HSL 179°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBEEED#BBEEED

HEX#BBEEED

RGBrgb(187, 238, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9333, 0.9294

RGB percentages73.3%, 93.3%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(178.8, 60%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 21.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK21.4%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,316,397

CSS custom property--colour: #BBEEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.57:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#441112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ABF1EDno 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 text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.7 Powder blue · ΔE 6 Light cyan · ΔE 9.7 Light blue · ΔE 11 Azure · ΔE 14.5 Honeydew · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.67, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEBBBC

Analogous#BBEED3, #BBD6EE

Triadic#EDBBEE, #EEEDBB

Split complementary#EEBBD6, #EED3BB

Tetradic#D3BBEE, #EEBBBC, #D5EEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E4F8F8

Darker −10%#92E4E2

Darker −20%#69DAD7

Darker −30%#41CFCD

Darker −40%#2CB1AE

More saturated +25%#B0F9F7

Less saturated −25%#C6E3E3

Channel breakdown

R187

G238

B237

Red187 (73.3%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue178.82°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BB · G EE · B ED

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Colour values

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