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Recognised as Colour

#B3E2EF

  • #B3E2EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B3E2EF is a cyan with RGB values 179, 226, 239 and HSL 193°, 65%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B3E2EF#B3E2EF
HEX#B3E2EF
RGBrgb(179, 226, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8863, 0.9373
RGB percentages70.2%, 88.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(193, 65.2%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 25.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK25.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,789,039
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E2EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#4C1D10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A0E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.6Powder blue · ΔE 3.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.3Sky blue · ΔE 13Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.56, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC0B3
Analogous#B3EFDE, #B3C4EF
Triadic#EFB3E2, #E2EFB3
Split complementary#EFB3C4, #EFDEB3
Tetradic#DEB3EF, #EFC0B3, #C4EFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF2F8
Darker −10%#89D2E6
Darker −20%#5FC2DD
Darker −30%#35B2D4
Darker −40%#2593B1
More saturated +25%#A7E9FB
Less saturated −25%#BFDBE4

Channel breakdown

R179
G226
B239
Red179 (70.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue193°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G E2 · B EF

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