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Recognised as Colour

#B5E3D8

  • #B5E3D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B5E3D8 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 227, 216 and HSL 166°, 45%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B5E3D8#B5E3D8
HEX#B5E3D8
RGBrgb(181, 227, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8902, 0.8471
RGB percentages71%, 89%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(165.7, 45.1%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.7, 20.3%, 89%)
CMYK20.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,920,344
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E3D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#4A1C27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDDD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A9E5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 13.8Honeydew · ΔE 15.9Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3B5C0
Analogous#B5E3C1, #B5D7E3
Triadic#D8B5E3, #E3D8B5
Split complementary#E3B5D7, #E3C1B5
Tetradic#C1B5E3, #E3B5C0, #D7E3B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF1EC
Darker −10%#90D5C5
Darker −20%#6BC7B1
Darker −30%#46B99E
Darker −40%#38947E
More saturated +25%#A8F0DF
Less saturated −25%#C2D6D1

Channel breakdown

R181
G227
B216
Red181 (71%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue165.65°
Saturation (HSL)45.1%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E3 · B D8

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