Colour

#BFE7EE

#BFE7EE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BFE7EE is a cyan with RGB values 191, 231, 238 and HSL 189°, 58%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BFE7EE#BFE7EE

HEX#BFE7EE

RGBrgb(191, 231, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.9059, 0.9333

RGB percentages74.9%, 90.6%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(188.9, 58%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 19.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK19.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,576,750

CSS custom property--colour: #BFE7EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#401811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B1EBE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4 Light blue · ΔE 6.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.4 Light cyan · ΔE 9.9 Azure · ΔE 13.3 Alice blue · ΔE 13.4

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEC6BF

Analogous#BFEEDE, #BFD0EE

Triadic#EEBFE7, #E7EEBF

Split complementary#EEBFD0, #EEDEBF

Tetradic#DEBFEE, #EEC6BF, #D0EEBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E7F6F9

Darker −10%#97D8E3

Darker −20%#6EC9D9

Darker −30%#46BACE

Darker −40%#2F9EB2

More saturated +25%#B5EEF8

Less saturated −25%#C9E0E4

Channel breakdown

R191

G231

B238

Red191 (74.9%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue188.94°

Saturation (HSL)58.02%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BF · G E7 · B EE

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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