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Recognised as Colour

#BBFAF6

  • #BBFAF6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBFAF6 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 250, 246 and HSL 176°, 86%, 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

#BBFAF6#BBFAF6
HEX#BBFAF6
RGBrgb(187, 250, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9804, 0.9647
RGB percentages73.3%, 98%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(176.2, 86.3%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 25.2%, 98%)
CMYK25.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,319,478
CSS custom property--colour: #BBFAF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.12:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#440509

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F3F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7EAF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A7FEF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 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 text18.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light cyan · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 15.7Azure · ΔE 16.5Honeydew · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.57, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FABBBF
Analogous#BBFAD7, #BBDFFA
Triadic#F6BBFA, #FAF6BB
Split complementary#FABBDF, #FAD7BB
Tetradic#D6BBFA, #FABBBF, #DFFABB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBFDFC
Darker −10%#8BF7F0
Darker −20%#5CF3E9
Darker −30%#2CF0E3
Darker −40%#10D9CC
More saturated +25%#B6FFFA
Less saturated −25%#C4F1EE

Channel breakdown

R187
G250
B246
Red187 (73.3%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue176.19°
Saturation (HSL)86.3%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G FA · B F6

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