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Recognised as Colour

#BEE8ED

  • #BEE8ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE8ED is a cyan with RGB values 190, 232, 237 and HSL 186°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BEE8ED#BEE8ED
HEX#BEE8ED
RGBrgb(190, 232, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9098, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 91%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(186.4, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,511,469
CSS custom property--colour: #BEE8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.95:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#411712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B0ECE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light blue · ΔE 7.3Light cyan · ΔE 9.6Azure · ΔE 13.3Alice blue · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.71, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC3BE
Analogous#BEEDDB, #BED1ED
Triadic#EDBEE8, #E8EDBE
Split complementary#EDBED1, #EDDBBE
Tetradic#DBBEED, #EDC3BE, #D1EDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F6F8
Darker −10%#96DAE2
Darker −20%#6ECCD7
Darker −30%#46BECC
Darker −40%#30A1AF
More saturated +25%#B4F0F7
Less saturated −25%#C8E0E3

Channel breakdown

R190
G232
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue186.38°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G E8 · B ED

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