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Recognised as Colour

#B3EADC

  • #B3EADC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3EADC is a cyan with RGB values 179, 234, 220 and HSL 165°, 57%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B3EADC#B3EADC
HEX#B3EADC
RGBrgb(179, 234, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.9176, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.2%, 91.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(164.7, 56.7%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.7, 23.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK23.5%, 0%, 6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,791,068
CSS custom property--colour: #B3EADC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.72:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4C1523

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E3DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A5ECE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 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 text15.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light cyan · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 16.5Honeydew · ΔE 16.7Azure · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB3C1
Analogous#B3EAC1, #B3DCEA
Triadic#DCB3EA, #EADCB3
Split complementary#EAB3DC, #EAC1B3
Tetradic#C1B3EA, #EAB3C1, #DCEAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBF5EE
Darker −10%#8BDFCA
Darker −20%#63D4B7
Darker −30%#3BC9A5
Darker −40%#2DA486
More saturated +25%#A7F6E2
Less saturated −25%#BFDED6

Channel breakdown

R179
G234
B220
Red179 (70.2%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue164.73°
Saturation (HSL)56.7%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G EA · B DC

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