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Recognised as Colour

#B3EEDD

  • #B3EEDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3EEDD is a cyan with RGB values 179, 238, 221 and HSL 163°, 63%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B3EEDD#B3EEDD
HEX#B3EEDD
RGBrgb(179, 238, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.9333, 0.8667
RGB percentages70.2%, 93.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(162.7, 63.4%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.7, 24.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK24.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,792,093
CSS custom property--colour: #B3EEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.19:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#4C1122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFDFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#A4EFE9no 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 text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 15.6Honeydew · ΔE 17.2Light blue · ΔE 18.6Azure · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB3C4
Analogous#B3EEC0, #B3E2EE
Triadic#DDB3EE, #EEDDB3
Split complementary#EEB3E1, #EEC0B3
Tetradic#C0B3EE, #EEB3C4, #E2EEB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF7F0
Darker −10%#89E5CA
Darker −20%#60DBB8
Darker −30%#36D2A5
Darker −40%#27AE87
More saturated +25%#A7FAE2
Less saturated −25%#BFE2D8

Channel breakdown

R179
G238
B221
Red179 (70.2%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue162.71°
Saturation (HSL)63.44%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G EE · B DD

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