Colour

#B7C9CD

#B7C9CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Silver

#B7C9CD is a cyan with RGB values 183, 201, 205 and HSL 191°, 18%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B7C9CD#B7C9CD

HEX#B7C9CD

RGBrgb(183, 201, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7882, 0.8039

RGB percentages71.8%, 78.8%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(190.9, 18%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 10.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK10.7%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,044,749

CSS custom property--colour: #B7C9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#483632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2C4CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B1CBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7 Light grey · ΔE 8.2 Light blue · ΔE 10.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.4 Powder blue · ΔE 11.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CDBBB7

Analogous#B7CDC6, #B7BECD

Triadic#CDB7C9, #C9CDB7

Split complementary#CDB7BE, #CDC6B7

Tetradic#C6B7CD, #CDBBB7, #BECDB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F6F7

Lighter +10%#D5E0E2

Darker −10%#99B2B8

Darker −20%#7B9CA3

Darker −30%#60838B

Darker −40%#4B676D

More saturated +25%#A8D3DC

Less saturated −25%#C2C2C2

Channel breakdown

R183

G201

B205

Red183 (71.8%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue190.91°

Saturation (HSL)18.03%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B7 · G C9 · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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