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Recognised as Colour

#B3CED3

  • #B3CED3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B3CED3 is a cyan with RGB values 179, 206, 211 and HSL 189°, 27%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B3CED3#B3CED3
HEX#B3CED3
RGBrgb(179, 206, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8078, 0.8275
RGB percentages70.2%, 80.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(189.4, 26.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.4, 15.2%, 82.7%)
CMYK15.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,783,891
CSS custom property--colour: #B3CED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#4C312C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CCD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C7D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#AAD1CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 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 text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 10.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3B8B3
Analogous#B3D3C8, #B3BED3
Triadic#D3B3CE, #CED3B3
Split complementary#D3B3BE, #D3C8B3
Tetradic#C8B3D3, #D3B8B3, #BED3B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F8F8
Lighter +10%#D3E3E6
Darker −10%#93B9C0
Darker −20%#72A4AE
Darker −30%#578C96
Darker −40%#446E76
More saturated +25%#A4D8E2
Less saturated −25%#C2C4C4

Channel breakdown

R179
G206
B211
Red179 (70.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue189.37°
Saturation (HSL)26.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G CE · B D3

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