Recognised as Colour

#B5D8DB

#B5D8DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B5D8DB is a cyan with RGB values 181, 216, 219 and HSL 185°, 35%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B5D8DB#B5D8DB

HEX#B5D8DB

RGBrgb(181, 216, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8471, 0.8588

RGB percentages71%, 84.7%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(184.7, 34.5%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 17.4%, 85.9%)

CMYK17.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,917,531

CSS custom property--colour: #B5D8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#4A2724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3D5DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCFDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AADBD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.7 Light blue · ΔE 6.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Light grey · ΔE 12.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7 Silver · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.73, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBB8B5

Analogous#B5DBCB, #B5C5DB

Triadic#DBB5D8, #D8DBB5

Split complementary#DBB5C5, #DBCBB5

Tetradic#CBB5DB, #DBB8B5, #C5DBB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFCFC

Lighter +10%#D7EAEC

Darker −10%#93C6CA

Darker −20%#70B4BA

Darker −30%#519FA6

Darker −40%#407F84

More saturated +25%#A7E4E9

Less saturated −25%#C3CCCD

Channel breakdown

R181

G216

B219

Red181 (71%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue184.74°

Saturation (HSL)34.55%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G D8 · B DB

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Colour harmonies

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