Recognised as Colour

#B4D7DC

#B4D7DC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B4D7DC is a cyan with RGB values 180, 215, 220 and HSL 188°, 36%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B4D7DC#B4D7DC

HEX#B4D7DC

RGBrgb(180, 215, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8431, 0.8627

RGB percentages70.6%, 84.3%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(187.5, 36.4%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 18.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK18.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,851,740

CSS custom property--colour: #B4D7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#4B2823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CACEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A8DAD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.7 Light blue · ΔE 5.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Light grey · ΔE 12.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9 Silver · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.72, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCB9B4

Analogous#B4DCCD, #B4C3DC

Triadic#DCB4D7, #D7DCB4

Split complementary#DCB4C3, #DCCDB4

Tetradic#CDB4DC, #DCB9B4, #C3DCB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFCFC

Lighter +10%#D7EAEC

Darker −10%#91C4CC

Darker −20%#6EB2BC

Darker −30%#4F9DA8

Darker −40%#3E7D86

More saturated +25%#A6E1EA

Less saturated −25%#C2CDCE

Channel breakdown

R180

G215

B220

Red180 (70.6%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue187.5°

Saturation (HSL)36.36%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G D7 · B DC

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Colour values

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