Colour

#BEE0E6

#BEE0E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE0E6 is a cyan with RGB values 190, 224, 230 and HSL 189°, 44%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BEE0E6#BEE0E6

HEX#BEE0E6

RGBrgb(190, 224, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8784, 0.902

RGB percentages74.5%, 87.8%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(189, 44.4%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189, 17.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK17.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,509,414

CSS custom property--colour: #BEE0E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#411F19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADDE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D7E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B2E3E2no 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 text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.5 Light blue · ΔE 5.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Light cyan · ΔE 11.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.9 Light grey · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E6C4BE

Analogous#BEE6D8, #BECCE6

Triadic#E6BEE0, #E0E6BE

Split complementary#E6BECC, #E6D8BE

Tetradic#D8BEE6, #E6C4BE, #CCE6BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3F2F4

Darker −10%#99CED8

Darker −20%#74BDCA

Darker −30%#4FABBB

Darker −40%#3C8E9C

More saturated +25%#B3E8F1

Less saturated −25%#C9D8DB

Channel breakdown

R190

G224

B230

Red190 (74.5%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue189°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G E0 · B E6

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