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Colour

#B5CACA

  • #B5CACA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B5CACA is a cyan with RGB values 181, 202, 202 and HSL 180°, 17%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B5CACA#B5CACA
HEX#B5CACA
RGBrgb(181, 202, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7922, 0.7922
RGB percentages71%, 79.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(180, 16.5%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 10.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK10.4%, 0%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,913,930
CSS custom property--colour: #B5CACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#4A3535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C8CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AFCCCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 8.9Light blue · ΔE 10.6Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 11Dark grey · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB5B5
Analogous#B5CAC0, #B5C0CA
Triadic#CAB5CA, #CACAB5
Split complementary#CAB5C0, #CAC0B5
Tetradic#C0B5CA, #CAB5B5, #C0CAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F5F5
Lighter +10%#D3DFDF
Darker −10%#97B5B5
Darker −20%#7A9F9F
Darker −30%#608686
Darker −40%#4B6868
More saturated +25%#A5DADA
Less saturated −25%#C0C0C0

Channel breakdown

R181
G202
B202
Red181 (71%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)16.54%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR B5 · G CA · B CA

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