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Recognised as Colour

#B5DAE6

  • #B5DAE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B5DAE6 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 218, 230 and HSL 195°, 49%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5DAE6#B5DAE6
HEX#B5DAE6
RGBrgb(181, 218, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8549, 0.902
RGB percentages71%, 85.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(194.7, 49.5%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 21.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,918,054
CSS custom property--colour: #B5DAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#4A2519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D7E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A7DEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.3Powder blue · ΔE 5.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.31, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6C1B5
Analogous#B5E6DA, #B5C1E6
Triadic#E6B5DA, #DAE6B5
Split complementary#E6B5C1, #E6DAB5
Tetradic#DAB5E6, #E6C1B5, #C2E6B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBEDF3
Darker −10%#8FC7D9
Darker −20%#69B4CC
Darker −30%#43A1BF
Darker −40%#34829B
More saturated +25%#A9E0F2
Less saturated −25%#C1D4DA

Channel breakdown

R181
G218
B230
Red181 (71%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue194.69°
Saturation (HSL)49.49%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G DA · B E6

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