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Recognised as Colour

#B3E6FF

  • #B3E6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B3E6FF is a cyan with RGB values 179, 230, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B3E6FF#B3E6FF
HEX#B3E6FF
RGBrgb(179, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages70.2%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.7, 100%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 29.8%, 100%)
CMYK29.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,790,079
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.68:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4C1900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9BEDEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 14Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCCB3
Analogous#B3FFF2, #B3C0FF
Triadic#FFB3E6, #E6FFB3
Split complementary#FFB3C0, #FFF2B3
Tetradic#F2B3FF, #FFCCB3, #C0FFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F7FF
Darker −10%#80D5FF
Darker −20%#4DC4FF
Darker −30%#1AB4FF
Darker −40%#009AE6
More saturated +25%#B3E6FF
Less saturated −25%#BCE3F5

Channel breakdown

R179
G230
B255
Red179 (70.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G E6 · B FF

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