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Recognised as Colour

#B4DBD8

  • #B4DBD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B4DBD8 is a cyan with RGB values 180, 219, 216 and HSL 175°, 35%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B4DBD8#B4DBD8
HEX#B4DBD8
RGBrgb(180, 219, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8588, 0.8471
RGB percentages70.6%, 85.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(175.4, 35.1%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 17.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK17.8%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,852,760
CSS custom property--colour: #B4DBD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#4B2427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D7D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD1D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A9DDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.5Light blue · ΔE 9.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBB4B7
Analogous#B4DBC5, #B4CADB
Triadic#D8B4DB, #DBD8B4
Split complementary#DBB4CA, #DBC5B4
Tetradic#C5B4DB, #DBB4B7, #CBDBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FCFC
Lighter +10%#D6ECEA
Darker −10%#92CAC6
Darker −20%#6FBAB4
Darker −30%#50A6A0
Darker −40%#3F847E
More saturated +25%#A6E9E4
Less saturated −25%#C2CDCC

Channel breakdown

R180
G219
B216
Red180 (70.6%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue175.38°
Saturation (HSL)35.14%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B4 · G DB · B D8

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