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Colour

#BBEFFF

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

#BBEFFF is a cyan with RGB values 187, 239, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BBEFFF#BBEFFF
HEX#BBEFFF
RGBrgb(187, 239, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9373, 1
RGB percentages73.3%, 93.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(194.1, 100%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 26.7%, 100%)
CMYK26.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,316,671
CSS custom property--colour: #BBEFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#441000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A6F5F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Light cyan · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Alice blue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCBBB
Analogous#BBFFED, #BBCDFF
Triadic#FFBBEF, #EFFFBB
Split complementary#FFBBCD, #FFEDBB
Tetradic#EDBBFF, #FFCBBB, #CDFFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEFBFF
Darker −10%#88E3FF
Darker −20%#55D7FF
Darker −30%#22CBFF
Darker −40%#00B6EE
More saturated +25%#BBEFFF
Less saturated −25%#C3EBF7

Channel breakdown

R187
G239
B255
Red187 (73.3%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G EF · B FF

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