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Recognised as Colour

#BFECED

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

#BFECED is a cyan with RGB values 191, 236, 237 and HSL 181°, 56%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BFECED#BFECED
HEX#BFECED
RGBrgb(191, 236, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.9255, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.9%, 92.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(181.3, 56.1%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 19.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,578,029
CSS custom property--colour: #BFECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#401312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B1EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.6Light cyan · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 9.6Azure · ΔE 13.1Alice blue · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC0BF
Analogous#BFEDD7, #BFD5ED
Triadic#EDBFEC, #ECEDBF
Split complementary#EDBFD5, #EDD7BF
Tetradic#D7BFED, #EDC0BF, #D5EDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F8F8
Darker −10%#97E0E2
Darker −20%#6FD4D7
Darker −30%#48C9CB
Darker −40%#31ACAF
More saturated +25%#B5F6F7
Less saturated −25%#C9E2E3

Channel breakdown

R191
G236
B237
Red191 (74.9%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue181.3°
Saturation (HSL)56.1%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G EC · B ED

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