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Recognised as Colour

#B8DBD4

  • #B8DBD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B8DBD4 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 219, 212 and HSL 168°, 33%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B8DBD4#B8DBD4
HEX#B8DBD4
RGBrgb(184, 219, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8588, 0.8314
RGB percentages72.2%, 85.9%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(168, 32.7%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 16%, 85.9%)
CMYK16%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,114,900
CSS custom property--colour: #B8DBD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.12:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#47242B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D7D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D2D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AFDCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 12.9Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBB8BF
Analogous#B8DBC3, #B8D1DB
Triadic#D4B8DB, #DBD4B8
Split complementary#DBB8D1, #DBC3B8
Tetradic#C3B8DB, #DBB8BF, #D0DBB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFD
Lighter +10%#DAECE8
Darker −10%#96CAC0
Darker −20%#74B9AB
Darker −30%#54A696
Darker −40%#438477
More saturated +25%#ABE8DC
Less saturated −25%#C5CECC

Channel breakdown

R184
G219
B212
Red184 (72.2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)32.71%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B8 · G DB · B D4

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