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Recognised as Colour

#BDEEE9

  • #BDEEE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BDEEE9 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 238, 233 and HSL 174°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BDEEE9#BDEEE9
HEX#BDEEE9
RGBrgb(189, 238, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9333, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.1%, 93.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(173.9, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.9, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,447,465
CSS custom property--colour: #BDEEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.57:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#421116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E9E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFF1ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.8Powder blue · ΔE 7.4Light cyan · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 12.5Azure · ΔE 14.4Honeydew · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.8, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBDC2
Analogous#BDEED1, #BDDBEE
Triadic#E9BDEE, #EEE9BD
Split complementary#EEBDDB, #EED1BD
Tetradic#D1BDEE, #EEBDC2, #DBEEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F8F7
Darker −10%#94E4DB
Darker −20%#6CD9CE
Darker −30%#43CFC0
Darker −40%#2EB1A4
More saturated +25%#B3F8F1
Less saturated −25%#C7E4E1

Channel breakdown

R189
G238
B233
Red189 (74.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue173.88°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G EE · B E9

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