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Recognised as Colour

#CEEBEE

  • #CEEBEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CEEBEE is a cyan with RGB values 206, 235, 238 and HSL 186°, 48%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CEEBEE#CEEBEE
HEX#CEEBEE
RGBrgb(206, 235, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.9216, 0.9333
RGB percentages80.8%, 92.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(185.6, 48.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 13.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK13.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,560,814
CSS custom property--colour: #CEEBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#311411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E4EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C5EEECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 7Powder blue · ΔE 8Azure · ΔE 9.3Alice blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED1CE
Analogous#CEEEE1, #CEDBEE
Triadic#EECEEB, #EBEECE
Split complementary#EECEDB, #EEE1CE
Tetradic#E1CEEE, #EED1CE, #DBEECE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4FAFB
Darker −10%#A8DCE1
Darker −20%#82CCD4
Darker −30%#5CBDC7
Darker −40%#3EA7B2
More saturated +25%#C6F2F6
Less saturated −25%#D6E4E6

Channel breakdown

R206
G235
B238
Red206 (80.8%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue185.63°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G EB · B EE

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