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Recognised as Colour

#B4E5E7

  • #B4E5E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B4E5E7 is a cyan with RGB values 180, 229, 231 and HSL 182°, 52%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B4E5E7#B4E5E7
HEX#B4E5E7
RGBrgb(180, 229, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.898, 0.9059
RGB percentages70.6%, 89.8%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(182.4, 51.5%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 22.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK22.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,855,335
CSS custom property--colour: #B4E5E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#4B1A18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE0E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D9E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A4E9E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 5Light blue · ΔE 7.9Light cyan · ΔE 11.8Azure · ΔE 15.9Gainsboro · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.7, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7B6B4
Analogous#B4E7D0, #B4CBE7
Triadic#E7B4E5, #E5E7B4
Split complementary#E7B4CB, #E7D0B4
Tetradic#D0B4E7, #E7B6B4, #CBE7B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBF2F3
Darker −10%#8DD8DB
Darker −20%#67CACE
Darker −30%#40BDC2
Darker −40%#32999D
More saturated +25%#A8F0F3
Less saturated −25%#C0DADB

Channel breakdown

R180
G229
B231
Red180 (70.6%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue182.35°
Saturation (HSL)51.52%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G E5 · B E7

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