Recognised as Colour

#B3EFE6

#B3EFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B3EFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 179, 239, 230 and HSL 171°, 65%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#B3EFE6

RGBrgb(179, 239, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.9373, 0.902

RGB percentages70.2%, 93.7%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(171, 65.2%, 82%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 25.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK25.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,792,358

CSS custom property--colour: #B3EFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.41:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#4C1019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9E8E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE0E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A1F2ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.7 Powder blue · ΔE 10 Light cyan · ΔE 13.2 Light blue · ΔE 15.2 Honeydew · ΔE 17.1 Azure · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.73, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EFB3BC

Analogous#B3EFC8, #B3DAEF

Triadic#E6B3EF, #EFE6B3

Split complementary#EFB3DA, #EFC8B3

Tetradic#C8B3EF, #EFB3BC, #DAEFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DDF8F4

Darker −10%#89E6D8

Darker −20%#5FDDCA

Darker −30%#35D4BC

Darker −40%#25B19C

More saturated +25%#A7FBEE

Less saturated −25%#BFE4DE

Channel breakdown

R179

G239

B230

Red179 (70.2%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue171°

Saturation (HSL)65.22%

Lightness81.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B3 · G EF · B E6

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