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Recognised as Colour

#BBF7E9

  • #BBF7E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBF7E9 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 247, 233 and HSL 166°, 79%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBF7E9#BBF7E9
HEX#BBF7E9
RGBrgb(187, 247, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9686, 0.9137
RGB percentages73.3%, 96.9%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(166, 78.9%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 24.3%, 96.9%)
CMYK24.3%, 0%, 5.7%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,318,697
CSS custom property--colour: #BBF7E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.59:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#440816

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F0E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ABF9F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.3Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Honeydew · ΔE 15.9Azure · ΔE 17.9Mint cream · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7BBC9
Analogous#BBF7CB, #BBE7F7
Triadic#E9BBF7, #F7E9BB
Split complementary#F7BBE7, #F7CBBB
Tetradic#CBBBF7, #F7BBC9, #E7F7BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9FCF8
Darker −10%#8DF2DA
Darker −20%#60ECCB
Darker −30%#32E7BD
Darker −40%#18CEA3
More saturated +25%#B3FFED
Less saturated −25%#C4EEE4

Channel breakdown

R187
G247
B233
Red187 (73.3%)
Green247 (96.9%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue166°
Saturation (HSL)78.95%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G F7 · B E9

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