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Recognised as Colour

#B0C6BC

  • #B0C6BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B0C6BC is a cyan with RGB values 176, 198, 188 and HSL 153°, 16%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B0C6BC#B0C6BC
HEX#B0C6BC
RGBrgb(176, 198, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7765, 0.7373
RGB percentages69%, 77.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(152.7, 16.2%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 11.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK11.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,585,212
CSS custom property--colour: #B0C6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#4F3943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C3BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ACC6C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.7Light grey · ΔE 11.7Dark grey · ΔE 13.1Gainsboro · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6B0BA
Analogous#B0C6B1, #B0C5C6
Triadic#BCB0C6, #C6BCB0
Split complementary#C6B0C5, #C6B1B0
Tetradic#B1B0C6, #C6B0BA, #C5C6B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF1EE
Lighter +10%#CEDBD5
Darker −10%#92B1A3
Darker −20%#759B8A
Darker −30%#5D8070
Darker −40%#476356
More saturated +25%#9FD7BE
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R176
G198
B188
Red176 (69%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue152.73°
Saturation (HSL)16.18%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B0 · G C6 · B BC

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