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Recognised as Colour

#B5EEF9

  • #B5EEF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B5EEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 181, 238, 249 and HSL 190°, 85%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B5EEF9#B5EEF9
HEX#B5EEF9
RGBrgb(181, 238, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.9333, 0.9765
RGB percentages71%, 93.3%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(189.7, 85%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 27.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK27.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,923,193
CSS custom property--colour: #B5EEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.56:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#4A1106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EAFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9FF3F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Light blue · ΔE 8.3Light cyan · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Azure · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9C0B5
Analogous#B5F9E2, #B5CCF9
Triadic#F9B5EE, #EEF9B5
Split complementary#F9B5CC, #F9E2B5
Tetradic#E2B5F9, #F9C0B5, #CCF9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F9FD
Darker −10%#86E3F5
Darker −20%#57D8F1
Darker −30%#27CDEE
Darker −40%#11B2D1
More saturated +25%#AFF2FF
Less saturated −25%#BFE7EF

Channel breakdown

R181
G238
B249
Red181 (71%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue189.71°
Saturation (HSL)85%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G EE · B F9

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