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Recognised as Colour

#B3EDDC

  • #B3EDDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3EDDC is a cyan with RGB values 179, 237, 220 and HSL 162°, 62%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B3EDDC#B3EDDC
HEX#B3EDDC
RGBrgb(179, 237, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.9294, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.2%, 92.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(162.4, 61.7%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.4, 24.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK24.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,791,836
CSS custom property--colour: #B3EDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75319WCAG 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 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#4C1223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E6DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A4EEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Light cyan · ΔE 15.5Honeydew · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 18.4Azure · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB3C4
Analogous#B3EDBF, #B3E1ED
Triadic#DCB3ED, #EDDCB3
Split complementary#EDB3E1, #EDBFB3
Tetradic#BFB3ED, #EDB3C4, #E1EDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCF7EF
Darker −10%#8AE3C9
Darker −20%#61D9B6
Darker −30%#37D0A3
Darker −40%#29AB85
More saturated +25%#A7F9E1
Less saturated −25%#BFE1D7

Channel breakdown

R179
G237
B220
Red179 (70.2%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue162.41°
Saturation (HSL)61.7%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G ED · B DC

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