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Colour

#B1E8FC

  • #B1E8FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B1E8FC is a cyan with RGB values 177, 232, 252 and HSL 196°, 93%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B1E8FC#B1E8FC
HEX#B1E8FC
RGBrgb(177, 232, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.9098, 0.9882
RGB percentages69.4%, 91%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(196, 92.6%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 29.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK29.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,659,516
CSS custom property--colour: #B1E8FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#4E1703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#98EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 8Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Light cyan · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCC5B1
Analogous#B1FCEB, #B1C3FC
Triadic#FCB1E8, #E8FCB1
Split complementary#FCB1C3, #FCEBB1
Tetradic#EBB1FC, #FCC5B1, #C3FCB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F6FE
Darker −10%#80DAFA
Darker −20%#4FCBF8
Darker −30%#1EBDF6
Darker −40%#08A1D9
More saturated +25%#AEE9FF
Less saturated −25%#BBE3F2

Channel breakdown

R177
G232
B252
Red177 (69.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)92.59%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G E8 · B FC

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