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Recognised as Colour

#B5E5FF

  • #B5E5FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B5E5FF is a blue with RGB values 181, 229, 255 and HSL 201°, 100%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5E5FF#B5E5FF
HEX#B5E5FF
RGBrgb(181, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages71%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.1, 100%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 29%, 100%)
CMYK29%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,920,895
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4A1A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9EECEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCFB5
Analogous#B5FFF4, #B5C0FF
Triadic#FFB5E5, #E5FFB5
Split complementary#FFB5C0, #FFF4B5
Tetradic#F4B5FF, #FFCFB5, #C0FFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8F7FF
Darker −10%#82D3FF
Darker −20%#4FC1FF
Darker −30%#1CAFFF
Darker −40%#0096E8
More saturated +25%#B5E5FF
Less saturated −25%#BEE2F6

Channel breakdown

R181
G229
B255
Red181 (71%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.08°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G E5 · B FF

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