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Recognised as Colour

#B4E3DD

  • #B4E3DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B4E3DD is a cyan with RGB values 180, 227, 221 and HSL 172°, 46%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B4E3DD#B4E3DD
HEX#B4E3DD
RGBrgb(180, 227, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8902, 0.8667
RGB percentages70.6%, 89%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(172.3, 45.6%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 20.7%, 89%)
CMYK20.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,854,813
CSS custom property--colour: #B4E3DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#4B1C22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#A7E5E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light cyan · ΔE 12.7Honeydew · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3B4BA
Analogous#B4E3C6, #B4D2E3
Triadic#DDB4E3, #E3DDB4
Split complementary#E3B4D2, #E3C6B4
Tetradic#C6B4E3, #E3B4BA, #D2E3B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F1EE
Darker −10%#8FD5CC
Darker −20%#6AC7BB
Darker −30%#45B9AA
Darker −40%#379488
More saturated +25%#A7F0E7
Less saturated −25%#C1D6D3

Channel breakdown

R180
G227
B221
Red180 (70.6%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue172.34°
Saturation (HSL)45.63%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B4 · G E3 · B DD

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