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Recognised as Colour

#B3E2D8

  • #B3E2D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3E2D8 is a cyan with RGB values 179, 226, 216 and HSL 167°, 45%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B3E2D8#B3E2D8
HEX#B3E2D8
RGBrgb(179, 226, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8863, 0.8471
RGB percentages70.2%, 88.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(167.2, 44.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.2, 20.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK20.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,789,016
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E2D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#4C1D27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDCD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D6D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A7E4DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.9Honeydew · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2B3BD
Analogous#B3E2C1, #B3D4E2
Triadic#D8B3E2, #E2D8B3
Split complementary#E2B3D4, #E2C1B3
Tetradic#C1B3E2, #E2B3BD, #D4E2B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#D8F0EB
Darker −10%#8ED4C5
Darker −20%#69C6B2
Darker −30%#46B69E
Darker −40%#38917E
More saturated +25%#A6EFE0
Less saturated −25%#C0D5D0

Channel breakdown

R179
G226
B216
Red179 (70.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue167.23°
Saturation (HSL)44.76%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G E2 · B D8

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