Colour

#B5DAE9

#B5DAE9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#B5DAE9 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 218, 233 and HSL 197°, 54%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5DAE9#B5DAE9

HEX#B5DAE9

RGBrgb(181, 218, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8549, 0.9137

RGB percentages71%, 85.5%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(197.3, 54.2%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 22.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK22.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,918,057

CSS custom property--colour: #B5DAE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.17:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#4A2516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAD1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A6DFDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.3 Powder blue · ΔE 6.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7 Sky blue · ΔE 12.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.9 Light grey · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.3, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9C4B5

Analogous#B5E9DE, #B5C0E9

Triadic#E9B5DA, #DAE9B5

Split complementary#E9B5C0, #E9DEB5

Tetradic#DEB5E9, #E9C4B5, #C0E9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DCEEF5

Darker −10%#8EC6DD

Darker −20%#66B3D2

Darker −30%#3F9FC6

Darker −40%#3081A2

More saturated +25%#A9DFF5

Less saturated −25%#C1D5DD

Channel breakdown

R181

G218

B233

Red181 (71%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue197.31°

Saturation (HSL)54.17%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G DA · B E9

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