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Recognised as Colour

#B4E6DD

  • #B4E6DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B4E6DD is a cyan with RGB values 180, 230, 221 and HSL 169°, 50%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B4E6DD#B4E6DD
HEX#B4E6DD
RGBrgb(180, 230, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.902, 0.8667
RGB percentages70.6%, 90.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(169.2, 50%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 21.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK21.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,855,581
CSS custom property--colour: #B4E6DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 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#4B1922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A6E8E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 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

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 13.3Honeydew · ΔE 16.2Azure · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B4BD
Analogous#B4E6C4, #B4D6E6
Triadic#DDB4E6, #E6DDB4
Split complementary#E6B4D6, #E6C4B4
Tetradic#C4B4E6, #E6B4BD, #D6E6B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF3EE
Darker −10%#8ED9CC
Darker −20%#67CDBA
Darker −30%#41C0A9
Darker −40%#349B88
More saturated +25%#A8F3E5
Less saturated −25%#C1DAD5

Channel breakdown

R180
G230
B221
Red180 (70.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue169.2°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B4 · G E6 · B DD

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