Recognised as Colour

#B5D4D9

#B5D4D9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#B5D4D9 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 212, 217 and HSL 188°, 32%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5D4D9#B5D4D9

HEX#B5D4D9

RGBrgb(181, 212, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8314, 0.851

RGB percentages71%, 83.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(188.3, 32.1%, 78%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 16.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK16.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,916,505

CSS custom property--colour: #B5D4D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.38:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#4A2B26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD1D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8CCD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#ABD7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.9 Powder blue · ΔE 6.2 Light grey · ΔE 11.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 12 Silver · ΔE 12.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9BAB5

Analogous#B5D9CC, #B5C2D9

Triadic#D9B5D4, #D4D9B5

Split complementary#D9B5C2, #D9CCB5

Tetradic#CCB5D9, #D9BAB5, #C2D9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FBFC

Lighter +10%#D7E8EA

Darker −10%#93C0C8

Darker −20%#72ADB6

Darker −30%#5397A2

Darker −40%#427880

More saturated +25%#A7DEE7

Less saturated −25%#C3CACB

Channel breakdown

R181

G212

B217

Red181 (71%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue188.33°

Saturation (HSL)32.14%

Lightness78.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G D4 · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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