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Recognised as Colour

#B5E7F6

  • #B5E7F6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B5E7F6 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 231, 246 and HSL 194°, 78%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5E7F6#B5E7F6
HEX#B5E7F6
RGBrgb(181, 231, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.9059, 0.9647
RGB percentages71%, 90.6%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(193.8, 78.3%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 26.4%, 96.5%)
CMYK26.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,921,398
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E7F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73629WCAG 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 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4A1809

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE4F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DBF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A1EDEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 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 text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 5.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6C4B5
Analogous#B5F6E4, #B5C7F6
Triadic#F6B5E7, #E7F6B5
Split complementary#F6B5C7, #F6E4B5
Tetradic#E4B5F6, #F6C4B5, #C7F6B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F6FC
Darker −10%#88D8F0
Darker −20%#5ACAEB
Darker −30%#2DBBE5
Darker −40%#189FC7
More saturated +25%#ACECFF
Less saturated −25%#BFE1EC

Channel breakdown

R181
G231
B246
Red181 (71%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue193.85°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G E7 · B F6

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