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Recognised as Colour

#BEE9EE

  • #BEE9EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE9EE is a cyan with RGB values 190, 233, 238 and HSL 186°, 59%, 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

#BEE9EE#BEE9EE
HEX#BEE9EE
RGBrgb(190, 233, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9137, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.5%, 91.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(186.3, 58.5%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 20.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,511,726
CSS custom property--colour: #BEE9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.08:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#411611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AFEDEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 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 text16.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9Light blue · ΔE 7.5Light cyan · ΔE 9.5Azure · ΔE 13.3Alice blue · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC3BE
Analogous#BEEEDB, #BED1EE
Triadic#EEBEE9, #E9EEBE
Split complementary#EEBED1, #EEDBBE
Tetradic#DBBEEE, #EEC3BE, #D1EEBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F7F9
Darker −10%#96DBE3
Darker −20%#6DCED9
Darker −30%#45C0CE
Darker −40%#2EA4B2
More saturated +25%#B4F1F8
Less saturated −25%#C8E1E4

Channel breakdown

R190
G233
B238
Red190 (74.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue186.25°
Saturation (HSL)58.54%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G E9 · B EE

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