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Recognised as Colour

#BEE9EF

  • #BEE9EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BEE9EF is a cyan with RGB values 190, 233, 239 and HSL 187°, 60%, 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

#BEE9EF#BEE9EF
HEX#BEE9EF
RGBrgb(190, 233, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9137, 0.9373
RGB percentages74.5%, 91.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(187.3, 60.5%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 20.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK20.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,511,727
CSS custom property--colour: #BEE9EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#411610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AFEDEBno 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 text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light blue · ΔE 7.2Light cyan · ΔE 9.6Azure · ΔE 13.4Alice blue · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.84, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC4BE
Analogous#BEEFDD, #BED1EF
Triadic#EFBEE9, #E9EFBE
Split complementary#EFBED1, #EFDDBE
Tetradic#DDBEEF, #EFC4BE, #D1EFBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F7F9
Darker −10%#95DBE5
Darker −20%#6CCDDB
Darker −30%#43BFD1
Darker −40%#2CA4B5
More saturated +25%#B4F1F9
Less saturated −25%#C8E1E5

Channel breakdown

R190
G233
B239
Red190 (74.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue187.35°
Saturation (HSL)60.49%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G E9 · B EF

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