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Recognised as Colour

#BEE9ED

  • #BEE9ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE9ED is a cyan with RGB values 190, 233, 237 and HSL 185°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BEE9ED#BEE9ED
HEX#BEE9ED
RGBrgb(190, 233, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9137, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 91.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(185.1, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.1, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,511,725
CSS custom property--colour: #BEE9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.07:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#411612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B0EDEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.7Light blue · ΔE 7.9Light cyan · ΔE 9.4Azure · ΔE 13.3Alice blue · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.89, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC2BE
Analogous#BEEDDA, #BED2ED
Triadic#EDBEE9, #E9EDBE
Split complementary#EDBED2, #EDDABE
Tetradic#DABEED, #EDC2BE, #D2EDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F7F8
Darker −10%#96DBE2
Darker −20%#6ECED7
Darker −30%#46C0CC
Darker −40%#30A4AF
More saturated +25%#B4F2F7
Less saturated −25%#C8E0E3

Channel breakdown

R190
G233
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue185.11°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G E9 · B ED

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