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Recognised as Colour

#B6E9FD

  • #B6E9FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B6E9FD is a cyan with RGB values 182, 233, 253 and HSL 197°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B6E9FD#B6E9FD
HEX#B6E9FD
RGBrgb(182, 233, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.9137, 0.9922
RGB percentages71.4%, 91.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(196.9, 94.7%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 28.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK28.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,987,453
CSS custom property--colour: #B6E9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#491602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE6FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DDFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#A0EFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Light cyan · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCAB6
Analogous#B6FDEE, #B6C6FD
Triadic#FDB6E9, #E9FDB6
Split complementary#FDB6C6, #FDEEB6
Tetradic#EEB6FD, #FDCAB6, #C6FDB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8F8FE
Darker −10%#84DAFC
Darker −20%#53CBFA
Darker −30%#21BCF9
Darker −40%#06A3E1
More saturated +25%#B4EAFF
Less saturated −25%#BFE5F4

Channel breakdown

R182
G233
B253
Red182 (71.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue196.9°
Saturation (HSL)94.67%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G E9 · B FD

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