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Recognised as Colour

#BBF9FD

  • #BBF9FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBF9FD is a cyan with RGB values 187, 249, 253 and HSL 184°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBF9FD#BBF9FD
HEX#BBF9FD
RGBrgb(187, 249, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9765, 0.9922
RGB percentages73.3%, 97.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(183.6, 94.3%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 26.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,319,229
CSS custom property--colour: #BBF9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.08:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#440602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0F3FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4EAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A5FEFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.6Powder blue · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 13.1Azure · ΔE 15.8Alice blue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.56, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDBFBB
Analogous#BBFDE0, #BBD8FD
Triadic#FDBBF9, #F9FDBB
Split complementary#FDBBD8, #FDE0BB
Tetradic#E0BBFD, #FDBFBB, #D8FDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDFDFE
Darker −10%#89F5FC
Darker −20%#58F0FA
Darker −30%#26ECF9
Darker −40%#07D8E5
More saturated +25%#B9FBFF
Less saturated −25%#C4F1F4

Channel breakdown

R187
G249
B253
Red187 (73.3%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue183.64°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G F9 · B FD

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