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Recognised as Colour

#B5DED6

  • #B5DED6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B5DED6 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 222, 214 and HSL 168°, 38%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B5DED6#B5DED6
HEX#B5DED6
RGBrgb(181, 222, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8706, 0.8392
RGB percentages71%, 87.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(168.3, 38.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 18.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK18.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,919,062
CSS custom property--colour: #B5DED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.38:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#4A2129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD9D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D3D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AAE0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 15Gainsboro · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEB5BD
Analogous#B5DEC2, #B5D2DE
Triadic#D6B5DE, #DED6B5
Split complementary#DEB5D2, #DEC2B5
Tetradic#C2B5DE, #DEB5BD, #D2DEB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFD
Lighter +10%#D8EEEA
Darker −10%#92CEC2
Darker −20%#6EBFAF
Darker −30%#4DAD9A
Darker −40%#3D8A7B
More saturated +25%#A8EBDE
Less saturated −25%#C2D1CE

Channel breakdown

R181
G222
B214
Red181 (71%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue168.29°
Saturation (HSL)38.32%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G DE · B D6

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