Recognised as Colour

#B5E7EF

#B5E7EF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#B5E7EF is a cyan with RGB values 181, 231, 239 and HSL 188°, 64%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B5E7EF#B5E7EF

HEX#B5E7EF

RGBrgb(181, 231, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.9059, 0.9373

RGB percentages71%, 90.6%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(188.3, 64.4%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 24.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK24.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,921,391

CSS custom property--colour: #B5E7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.64:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#4A1810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4DBEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A3ECE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 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 text15.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.7 Light blue · ΔE 6.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3 Light cyan · ΔE 11.8 Sky blue · ΔE 15.3 Azure · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.66, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFBDB5

Analogous#B5EFDA, #B5CAEF

Triadic#EFB5E7, #E7EFB5

Split complementary#EFB5CA, #EFDAB5

Tetradic#DAB5EF, #EFBDB5, #CAEFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DFF5F8

Darker −10%#8BD9E6

Darker −20%#61CCDD

Darker −30%#37BED4

Darker −40%#269EB2

More saturated +25%#AAEFFA

Less saturated −25%#C0DFE4

Channel breakdown

R181

G231

B239

Red181 (71%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue188.28°

Saturation (HSL)64.44%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G E7 · B EF

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