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Recognised as Colour

#BFE7EA

  • #BFE7EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BFE7EA is a cyan with RGB values 191, 231, 234 and HSL 184°, 51%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BFE7EA#BFE7EA
HEX#BFE7EA
RGBrgb(191, 231, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.9059, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.9%, 90.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(184.2, 50.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 18.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,576,746
CSS custom property--colour: #BFE7EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#401815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E3EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B2EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 9.5Azure · ΔE 13Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.07, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC2BF
Analogous#BFEAD7, #BFD2EA
Triadic#EABFE7, #E7EABF
Split complementary#EABFD2, #EAD7BF
Tetradic#D7BFEA, #EAC2BF, #D2EABF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5F5F7
Darker −10%#99D9DD
Darker −20%#72CAD1
Darker −30%#4CBCC4
Darker −40%#379FA6
More saturated +25%#B4F0F5
Less saturated −25%#CADEDF

Channel breakdown

R191
G231
B234
Red191 (74.9%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue184.19°
Saturation (HSL)50.59%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G E7 · B EA

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