Recognised as Colour

#B2DBD5

#B2DBD5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B2DBD5 is a cyan with RGB values 178, 219, 213 and HSL 171°, 36%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B2DBD5#B2DBD5

HEX#B2DBD5

RGBrgb(178, 219, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.8588, 0.8353

RGB percentages69.8%, 85.9%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(171.2, 36.3%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 18.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK18.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,721,685

CSS custom property--colour: #B2DBD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.99:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#4D242A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D6D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFD0D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A7DDD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 9 Light blue · ΔE 10.7 Light cyan · ΔE 14.3 Light grey · ΔE 14.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)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#DBB2B8

Analogous#B2DBC1, #B2CCDB

Triadic#D5B2DB, #DBD5B2

Split complementary#DBB2CC, #DBC1B2

Tetradic#C1B2DB, #DBB2B8, #CCDBB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FBFB

Lighter +10%#D5EBE8

Darker −10%#8FCBC2

Darker −20%#6CBBAF

Darker −30%#4EA699

Darker −40%#3D8479

More saturated +25%#A4E9DF

Less saturated −25%#C0CDCB

Channel breakdown

R178

G219

B213

Red178 (69.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue171.22°

Saturation (HSL)36.28%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B2 · G DB · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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