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Recognised as Colour

#B8D0C8

  • #B8D0C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#B8D0C8 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 208, 200 and HSL 160°, 20%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#B8D0C8#B8D0C8
HEX#B8D0C8
RGBrgb(184, 208, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8157, 0.7843
RGB percentages72.2%, 81.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(160, 20.3%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 11.5%, 81.6%)
CMYK11.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,112,072
CSS custom property--colour: #B8D0C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.89:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#472F37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECDC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 10.1Silver · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 13Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0B8C0
Analogous#B8D0BC, #B8CCD0
Triadic#C8B8D0, #D0C8B8
Split complementary#D0B8CC, #D0BCB8
Tetradic#BCB8D0, #D0B8C0, #CCD0B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F9F8
Lighter +10%#D7E4E0
Darker −10%#99BCB0
Darker −20%#7BA798
Darker −30%#5F9080
Darker −40%#4B7164
More saturated +25%#A9DFCD
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R184
G208
B200
Red184 (72.2%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)20.34%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B8 · G D0 · B C8

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