Recognised as Colour
#B5E6CF
- #B5E6CF
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#B5E6CF is a cyan with RGB values 181, 230, 207 and HSL 152°, 49%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#B5E6CF#B5E6CF
HEX#B5E6CF
RGBrgb(181, 230, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.902, 0.8118
RGB percentages71%, 90.2%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(151.8, 49.5%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.8, 21.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 0%, 10%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,921,103
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E6CF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.70922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.18:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#4A1930
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E6B5CC
Analogous#B5E6B7, #B5E4E6
Triadic#CFB5E6, #E6CFB5
Split complementary#E6B5E4, #E6B7B5
Tetradic#B7B5E6, #E6B5CC, #E4E6B5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R181
G230
B207
Red181 (71%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue151.84°
Saturation (HSL)49.49%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E6 · B CF
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