#b9ebea

Color #b9ebea

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 3.91 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b9ebea

RGB

rgb(185, 235, 234)

HSL

hsl(178.8, 55.6%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.8, 21.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(89.71, -16.1, -4.77)

LCH

lch(89.71, 16.79, 196.5)

OKLCH

oklch(90.5%, 0.0512, 194.72)

HWB

hwb(178.8, 72.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebb9ba

Analogous

#b9ebd1

#b9ebea

#b9d3eb

Triadic

#b9ebea

#eab9eb

#ebeab9

Split-complementary

#b9ebea

#ebb9d3

#ebd1b9

Tetradic

#b9ebea

#b9baeb

#ebb9ba

#ebeab9

Square

#b9ebea

#d1b9eb

#ebb9ba

#d3ebb9

Shades

Color #b9ebea mixed toward black.

#83dcda

#4cccc9

#2fa3a1

#1f6d6b

#103636

Tints

Color #b9ebea mixed toward white.

#c5eeee

#d0f2f1

#dcf5f5

#e8f8f8

#f3fcfc

Tones

Color #b9ebea mixed toward gray.

#bde7e6

#c1e3e2

#c6dfde

#cadada

#ced6d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d1ea · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#cecaea · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#bceaea · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9ebea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9ebea]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#b9ebea (#b9ebea) is rgb(185, 235, 234) in RGB.

No, #b9ebea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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