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Recognised as Colour

#CBF9FA

  • #CBF9FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CBF9FA is a cyan with RGB values 203, 249, 250 and HSL 181°, 82%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CBF9FA#CBF9FA
HEX#CBF9FA
RGBrgb(203, 249, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.9765, 0.9804
RGB percentages79.6%, 97.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(181.3, 82.5%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 18.8%, 98%)
CMYK18.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,367,802
CSS custom property--colour: #CBF9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.47:1
Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF
Inverted#340605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F4FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BDFCF9no 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 text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 5.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Azure · ΔE 10.9Mint cream · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FACCCB
Analogous#CBFAE3, #CBE1FA
Triadic#FACBF9, #F9FACB
Split complementary#FACBE1, #FAE3CB
Tetradic#E4CBFA, #FACCCB, #E2FACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFEFE
Darker −10%#9CF4F6
Darker −20%#6EEEF1
Darker −30%#3FE9ED
Darker −40%#16DFE3
More saturated +25%#C6FEFF
Less saturated −25%#D2F2F3

Channel breakdown

R203
G249
B250
Red203 (79.6%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue181.28°
Saturation (HSL)82.46%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G F9 · B FA

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