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Recognised as Colour

#BEE8E3

  • #BEE8E3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE8E3 is a cyan with RGB values 190, 232, 227 and HSL 173°, 48%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BEE8E3#BEE8E3
HEX#BEE8E3
RGBrgb(190, 232, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9098, 0.8902
RGB percentages74.5%, 91%, 89%
HSLhsl(172.9, 47.7%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 18.1%, 91%)
CMYK18.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,511,459
CSS custom property--colour: #BEE8E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#41171C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E3E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDDE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B2EAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.8Light cyan · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 11.3Azure · ΔE 13.8Honeydew · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8BEC3
Analogous#BEE8CE, #BED8E8
Triadic#E3BEE8, #E8E3BE
Split complementary#E8BED8, #E8CEBE
Tetradic#CEBEE8, #E8BEC3, #D8E8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F5F3
Darker −10%#98DBD3
Darker −20%#73CDC3
Darker −30%#4DC0B2
Darker −40%#39A195
More saturated +25%#B3F3EB
Less saturated −25%#C9DDDB

Channel breakdown

R190
G232
B227
Red190 (74.5%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue172.86°
Saturation (HSL)47.73%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BE · G E8 · B E3

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