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Recognised as Colour

#BBF4E6

  • #BBF4E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBF4E6 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 244, 230 and HSL 165°, 72%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBF4E6#BBF4E6
HEX#BBF4E6
RGBrgb(187, 244, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9569, 0.902
RGB percentages73.3%, 95.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(165.3, 72.2%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 23.4%, 95.7%)
CMYK23.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,317,926
CSS custom property--colour: #BBF4E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.2:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#440B19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFEDE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E5E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ACF6F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Light cyan · ΔE 13Honeydew · ΔE 15.4Azure · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4BBC9
Analogous#BBF4CA, #BBE5F4
Triadic#E6BBF4, #F4E6BB
Split complementary#F4BBE5, #F4CABB
Tetradic#CABBF4, #F4BBC9, #E5F4BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7FBF6
Darker −10%#8FEDD6
Darker −20%#63E6C6
Darker −30%#37DFB6
Darker −40%#20C39B
More saturated +25%#B1FEEB
Less saturated −25%#C5EAE1

Channel breakdown

R187
G244
B230
Red187 (73.3%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue165.26°
Saturation (HSL)72.15%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G F4 · B E6

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