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Recognised as Colour

#B3E4D4

  • #B3E4D4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3E4D4 is a cyan with RGB values 179, 228, 212 and HSL 160°, 48%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B3E4D4#B3E4D4
HEX#B3E4D4
RGBrgb(179, 228, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8941, 0.8314
RGB percentages70.2%, 89.4%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(160.4, 47.6%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.4, 21.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 0%, 7%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,789,524
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E4D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#4C1B2B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1DED3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D7D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#A7E5DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 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 text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light cyan · ΔE 15.4Honeydew · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 16.5Azure · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4B3C3
Analogous#B3E4BC, #B3DBE4
Triadic#D4B3E4, #E4D4B3
Split complementary#E4B3DB, #E4BCB3
Tetradic#BCB3E4, #E4B3C3, #DBE4B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F1E9
Darker −10%#8DD7BF
Darker −20%#68C9A9
Darker −30%#43BB94
Darker −40%#359676
More saturated +25%#A6F1D8
Less saturated −25%#C0D7D0

Channel breakdown

R179
G228
B212
Red179 (70.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue160.41°
Saturation (HSL)47.57%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G E4 · B D4

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