Colour

#B8CCD5

#B8CCD5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#B8CCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 204, 213 and HSL 199°, 26%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8CCD5#B8CCD5

HEX#B8CCD5

RGBrgb(184, 204, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8, 0.8353

RGB percentages72.2%, 80%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(198.6, 25.7%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 13.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK13.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,111,061

CSS custom property--colour: #B8CCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#47332A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7CBD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C7D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B0CFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2 Silver · ΔE 8.9 Light grey · ΔE 9.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5 Powder blue · ΔE 10.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5C1B8

Analogous#B8D5CF, #B8BED5

Triadic#D5B8CC, #CCD5B8

Split complementary#D5B8BE, #D5D0B8

Tetradic#CFB8D5, #D5C1B8, #BED5B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FAFB

Lighter +10%#D8E3E8

Darker −10%#98B5C2

Darker −20%#789EAF

Darker −30%#5B8699

Darker −40%#486A79

More saturated +25%#AAD1E3

Less saturated −25%#C6C7C7

Channel breakdown

R184

G204

B213

Red184 (72.2%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue198.62°

Saturation (HSL)25.66%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B8 · G CC · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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