Recognised as Colour
#B7E9E5
- #B7E9E5
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#B7E9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 183, 233, 229 and HSL 175°, 53%, 82%. 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
#B7E9E5#B7E9E5
HEX#B7E9E5
RGBrgb(183, 233, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.9137, 0.898
RGB percentages71.8%, 91.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(175.2, 53.2%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.2, 21.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,052,965
CSS custom property--colour: #B7E9E5;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.8:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#48161A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E9B7BB
Analogous#B7E9CC, #B7D4E9
Triadic#E5B7E9, #E9E5B7
Split complementary#E9B7D4, #E9CCB7
Tetradic#CCB7E9, #E9B7BB, #D4E9B7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R183
G233
B229
Red183 (71.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue175.2°
Saturation (HSL)53.19%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B7 · G E9 · B E5
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