Recognised as Colour
#B5C3BD
- #B5C3BD
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#B5C3BD is a cyan with RGB values 181, 195, 189 and HSL 154°, 10%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#B5C3BD#B5C3BD
HEX#B5C3BD
RGBrgb(181, 195, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7647, 0.7412
RGB percentages71%, 76.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(154.3, 10.4%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.3, 7.2%, 76.5%)
CMYK7.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,912,125
CSS custom property--colour: #B5C3BD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.52528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#4A3C42
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C3B5BB
Analogous#B5C3B6, #B5C2C3
Triadic#BDB5C3, #C3BDB5
Split complementary#C3B5C2, #C3B6B5
Tetradic#B6B5C3, #C3B5BB, #C2C3B5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R181
G195
B189
Red181 (71%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue154.29°
Saturation (HSL)10.45%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G C3 · B BD
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