Recognised as Colour

#B4E6EF

#B4E6EF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B4E6EF is a cyan with RGB values 180, 230, 239 and HSL 189°, 65%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B4E6EF#B4E6EF

HEX#B4E6EF

RGBrgb(180, 230, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.902, 0.9373

RGB percentages70.6%, 90.2%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(189.2, 64.8%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 24.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK24.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,855,599

CSS custom property--colour: #B4E6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.51:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#4B1910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3DAEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A1EBE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.6 Light blue · ΔE 5.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.8 Light cyan · ΔE 12.2 Sky blue · ΔE 14.8 Azure · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.64, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFBDB4

Analogous#B4EFDB, #B4C8EF

Triadic#EFB4E6, #E6EFB4

Split complementary#EFB4C8, #EFDBB4

Tetradic#DBB4EF, #EFBDB4, #C8EFB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DEF4F8

Darker −10%#8AD8E6

Darker −20%#60CADD

Darker −30%#36BCD4

Darker −40%#269CB1

More saturated +25%#A9EEFA

Less saturated −25%#BFDEE4

Channel breakdown

R180

G230

B239

Red180 (70.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue189.15°

Saturation (HSL)64.84%

Lightness82.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G E6 · B EF

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