Recognised as Colour
#BEECDC
- #BEECDC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#BEECDC is a cyan with RGB values 190, 236, 220 and HSL 159°, 55%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#BEECDC#BEECDC
HEX#BEECDC
RGBrgb(190, 236, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9255, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 92.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(159.1, 54.8%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 19.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK19.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,512,476
CSS custom property--colour: #BEECDC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.76105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.22:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#411323
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ECBECE
Analogous#BEECC5, #BEE5EC
Triadic#DCBEEC, #ECDCBE
Split complementary#ECBEE5, #ECC5BE
Tetradic#C5BEEC, #ECBECE, #E5ECBE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G236
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue159.13°
Saturation (HSL)54.76%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BE · G EC · B DC
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