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Colour

#B5E9DE

  • #B5E9DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B5E9DE is a cyan with RGB values 181, 233, 222 and HSL 167°, 54%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B5E9DE#B5E9DE
HEX#B5E9DE
RGBrgb(181, 233, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.9137, 0.8706
RGB percentages71%, 91.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(167.3, 54.2%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.3, 22.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK22.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,921,886
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E9DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.68:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#4A1621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADCDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A7EBE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 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 text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.5Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 14.7Honeydew · ΔE 16Azure · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B5C0
Analogous#B5E9C4, #B5DAE9
Triadic#DEB5E9, #E9DEB5
Split complementary#E9B5DA, #E9C4B5
Tetradic#C4B5E9, #E9B5C0, #DAE9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCF5F0
Darker −10%#8EDDCC
Darker −20%#66D2BB
Darker −30%#3FC6A9
Darker −40%#30A28A
More saturated +25%#A9F5E5
Less saturated −25%#C1DDD7

Channel breakdown

R181
G233
B222
Red181 (71%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue167.31°
Saturation (HSL)54.17%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E9 · B DE

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