Colour

#BEE9FF

#BEE9FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#BEE9FF is a blue with RGB values 190, 233, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BEE9FF#BEE9FF

HEX#BEE9FF

RGBrgb(190, 233, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9137, 1

RGB percentages74.5%, 91.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(200.3, 100%, 87.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 25.5%, 100%)

CMYK25.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,511,743

CSS custom property--colour: #BEE9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.29:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#411600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5DFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#ABEFF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.5 Powder blue · ΔE 9.6 Sky blue · ΔE 13.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 14 Lavender · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFD4BE

Analogous#BEFFF5, #BEC8FF

Triadic#FFBEE9, #E9FFBE

Split complementary#FFBEC8, #FFF5BE

Tetradic#F5BEFF, #FFD4BE, #C9FFBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1FAFF

Darker −10%#8BD8FF

Darker −20%#58C6FF

Darker −30%#25B5FF

Darker −40%#009FF1

More saturated +25%#BEE9FF

Less saturated −25%#C6E6F7

Channel breakdown

R190

G233

B255

Red190 (74.5%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue200.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness87.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G E9 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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