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Recognised as Colour

#B4D5DF

  • #B4D5DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B4D5DF is a cyan with RGB values 180, 213, 223 and HSL 194°, 40%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B4D5DF#B4D5DF
HEX#B4D5DF
RGBrgb(180, 213, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8353, 0.8745
RGB percentages70.6%, 83.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(194, 40.2%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 19.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK19.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,851,231
CSS custom property--colour: #B4D5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#4B2A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CDDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A8D9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.7Powder blue · ΔE 6.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 12.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 13Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.65, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFBEB4
Analogous#B4DFD4, #B4C0DF
Triadic#DFB4D5, #D5DFB4
Split complementary#DFB4C0, #DFD4B4
Tetradic#D4B4DF, #DFBEB4, #C0DFB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFDFE
Lighter +10%#D8E9EE
Darker −10%#90C1D0
Darker −20%#6DADC0
Darker −30%#4B98AF
Darker −40%#3C798B
More saturated +25%#A7DCEC
Less saturated −25%#C1CED2

Channel breakdown

R180
G213
B223
Red180 (70.6%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue193.95°
Saturation (HSL)40.19%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G D5 · B DF

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