#bce9ee

Color #bce9ee

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.5 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bce9ee

RGB

rgb(188, 233, 238)

HSL

hsl(186, 59.5%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 21%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(89.46, -13.36, -7.21)

LCH

lch(89.46, 15.18, 208.35)

OKLCH

oklch(90.4%, 0.0469, 204.71)

HWB

hwb(186, 73.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec1bc

Analogous

#bceeda

#bce9ee

#bcd0ee

Triadic

#bce9ee

#eebce9

#e9eebc

Split-complementary

#bce9ee

#eebcd0

#eedabc

Tetradic

#bce9ee

#c1bcee

#eec1bc

#e9eebc

Square

#bce9ee

#dabcee

#eec1bc

#d0eebc

Shades

Color #bce9ee mixed toward black.

#83d6e0

#4bc4d1

#2b9daa

#1d6971

#0e3439

Tints

Color #bce9ee mixed toward white.

#c7edf1

#d2f0f4

#ddf4f6

#e9f8f9

#f4fbfc

Tones

Color #bce9ee mixed toward gray.

#c0e6ea

#c4e2e6

#c8dfe1

#cddcdd

#d1d8d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d1ed · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#cecbed · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#bfecec · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bce9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bce9ee]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#bce9ee (#bce9ee) is rgb(188, 233, 238) in RGB.

No, #bce9ee 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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