Colour

#B5D7DD

#B5D7DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#B5D7DD is a cyan with RGB values 181, 215, 221 and HSL 189°, 37%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5D7DD#B5D7DD

HEX#B5D7DD

RGBrgb(181, 215, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8431, 0.8667

RGB percentages71%, 84.3%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(189, 37%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189, 18.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK18.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,917,277

CSS custom property--colour: #B5D7DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.73:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#4A2822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CACFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A9DAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.9 Powder blue · ΔE 5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 12 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DDBBB5

Analogous#B5DDCF, #B5C3DD

Triadic#DDB5D7, #D7DDB5

Split complementary#DDB5C3, #DDCFB5

Tetradic#CFB5DD, #DDBBB5, #C3DDB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFDFD

Lighter +10%#D8EAED

Darker −10%#92C4CD

Darker −20%#6FB1BD

Darker −30%#4E9DAB

Darker −40%#3E7D88

More saturated +25%#A8E0EB

Less saturated −25%#C3CED0

Channel breakdown

R181

G215

B221

Red181 (71%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue189°

Saturation (HSL)37.04%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G D7 · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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