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Recognised as Colour

#B5EAE0

  • #B5EAE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B5EAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 234, 224 and HSL 169°, 56%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B5EAE0#B5EAE0
HEX#B5EAE0
RGBrgb(181, 234, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.9176, 0.8784
RGB percentages71%, 91.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(168.7, 55.8%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.7, 22.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK22.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,922,144
CSS custom property--colour: #B5EAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#4A151F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E4E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDCE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A6ECE7no 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 text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.9Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Light cyan · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 14.4Honeydew · ΔE 16.1Azure · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB5BF
Analogous#B5EAC6, #B5DAEA
Triadic#E0B5EA, #EAE0B5
Split complementary#EAB5D9, #EAC6B5
Tetradic#C6B5EA, #EAB5BF, #DAEAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF5F1
Darker −10%#8DDFCF
Darker −20%#66D3BF
Darker −30%#3EC8AE
Darker −40%#2FA48E
More saturated +25%#A9F6E7
Less saturated −25%#C1DED9

Channel breakdown

R181
G234
B224
Red181 (71%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue168.68°
Saturation (HSL)55.79%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G EA · B E0

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