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Recognised as Colour

#B2CED0

  • #B2CED0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B2CED0 is a cyan with RGB values 178, 206, 208 and HSL 184°, 24%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B2CED0#B2CED0
HEX#B2CED0
RGBrgb(178, 206, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.8078, 0.8157
RGB percentages69.8%, 80.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(184, 24.2%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 14.4%, 81.6%)
CMYK14.4%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,718,352
CSS custom property--colour: #B2CED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#4D312F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACBD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C7D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A9D0CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 10.5Gainsboro · ΔE 12Light steelblue · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0B4B2
Analogous#B2D0C3, #B2BFD0
Triadic#D0B2CE, #CED0B2
Split complementary#D0B2BF, #D0C3B2
Tetradic#C3B2D0, #D0B4B2, #BFD0B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F6F7
Lighter +10%#D2E2E3
Darker −10%#92BABD
Darker −20%#73A6A9
Darker −30%#588D91
Darker −40%#456E71
More saturated +25%#A3DBE0
Less saturated −25%#C1C1C1

Channel breakdown

R178
G206
B208
Red178 (69.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)24.19%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G CE · B D0

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