Recognised as Colour

#B4D3C8

#B4D3C8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B4D3C8 is a cyan with RGB values 180, 211, 200 and HSL 159°, 26%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B4D3C8#B4D3C8

HEX#B4D3C8

RGBrgb(180, 211, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8275, 0.7843

RGB percentages70.6%, 82.7%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(158.7, 26.1%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.7, 14.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK14.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,850,696

CSS custom property--colour: #B4D3C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.09:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#4B2C37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CFC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#ADD4D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.9 Light grey · ΔE 12.8 Silver · ΔE 13.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Light blue · ΔE 13.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D3B4BF

Analogous#B4D3B9, #B4CED3

Triadic#C8B4D3, #D3C8B4

Split complementary#D3B4CE, #D3B9B4

Tetradic#B9B4D3, #D3B4BF, #CED3B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F9F7

Lighter +10%#D4E6E0

Darker −10%#94C0B0

Darker −20%#74AD99

Darker −30%#589680

Darker −40%#457665

More saturated +25%#A5E2CC

Less saturated −25%#C3C4C4

Channel breakdown

R180

G211

B200

Red180 (70.6%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue158.71°

Saturation (HSL)26.05%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B4 · G D3 · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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