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Recognised as Colour

#BFE5E4

  • #BFE5E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BFE5E4 is a cyan with RGB values 191, 229, 228 and HSL 178°, 42%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BFE5E4#BFE5E4
HEX#BFE5E4
RGBrgb(191, 229, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.898, 0.8941
RGB percentages74.9%, 89.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(178.4, 42.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 16.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK16.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,576,228
CSS custom property--colour: #BFE5E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.54:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#401A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B4E7E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.8Light blue · ΔE 9.2Light cyan · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 13Azure · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5BFC0
Analogous#BFE5D1, #BFD3E5
Triadic#E4BFE5, #E5E4BF
Split complementary#E5BFD3, #E5D1BF
Tetradic#D1BFE5, #E5BFC0, #D3E5BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F4F3
Darker −10%#9BD6D5
Darker −20%#76C8C5
Darker −30%#52B9B6
Darker −40%#3E9A97
More saturated +25%#B4F0EF
Less saturated −25%#CADAD9

Channel breakdown

R191
G229
B228
Red191 (74.9%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue178.42°
Saturation (HSL)42.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BF · G E5 · B E4

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