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Recognised as Colour

#B8CDD4

  • #B8CDD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B8CDD4 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 205, 212 and HSL 195°, 25%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8CDD4#B8CDD4
HEX#B8CDD4
RGBrgb(184, 205, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8039, 0.8314
RGB percentages72.2%, 80.4%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(195, 24.6%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 13.2%, 83.1%)
CMYK13.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,111,316
CSS custom property--colour: #B8CDD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#47322B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CBD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C8D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B1D0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2Silver · ΔE 8.8Light grey · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4BFB8
Analogous#B8D4CD, #B8BFD4
Triadic#D4B8CD, #CDD4B8
Split complementary#D4B8BF, #D4CDB8
Tetradic#CDB8D4, #D4BFB8, #BFD4B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FAFA
Lighter +10%#D8E3E7
Darker −10%#98B7C1
Darker −20%#78A0AE
Darker −30%#5C8897
Darker −40%#486C78
More saturated +25%#AAD4E2
Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R184
G205
B212
Red184 (72.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)24.56%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G CD · B D4

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