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Recognised as Colour

#B0C3CA

  • #B0C3CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B0C3CA is a cyan with RGB values 176, 195, 202 and HSL 196°, 20%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B0C3CA#B0C3CA
HEX#B0C3CA
RGBrgb(176, 195, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7647, 0.7922
RGB percentages69%, 76.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(196.2, 19.7%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 12.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK12.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,584,458
CSS custom property--colour: #B0C3CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#4F3C35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A9C5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 10.3Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB7B0
Analogous#B0CAC4, #B0B6CA
Triadic#CAB0C3, #C3CAB0
Split complementary#CAB0B6, #CAC4B0
Tetradic#C4B0CA, #CAB7B0, #B6CAB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF1F3
Lighter +10%#CFDADE
Darker −10%#91ACB6
Darker −20%#7395A1
Darker −30%#5A7B87
Darker −40%#465F68
More saturated +25%#A0CBDB
Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R176
G195
B202
Red176 (69%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue196.15°
Saturation (HSL)19.7%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G C3 · B CA

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