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Recognised as Colour

#B8E4D8

  • #B8E4D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#B8E4D8 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 228, 216 and HSL 164°, 45%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#B8E4D8#B8E4D8
HEX#B8E4D8
RGBrgb(184, 228, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8941, 0.8471
RGB percentages72.2%, 89.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(163.6, 44.9%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.6, 19.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK19.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,117,208
CSS custom property--colour: #B8E4D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#471B27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DED8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D8D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ADE5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light cyan · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 14.3Honeydew · ΔE 15.1Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4B8C4
Analogous#B8E4C2, #B8DAE4
Triadic#D8B8E4, #E4D8B8
Split complementary#E4B8DA, #E4C2B8
Tetradic#C2B8E4, #E4B8C4, #DAE4B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF2EC
Darker −10%#93D6C4
Darker −20%#6EC8AF
Darker −30%#49BA9B
Darker −40%#39977D
More saturated +25%#ACF0DE
Less saturated −25%#C4D8D2

Channel breakdown

R184
G228
B216
Red184 (72.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue163.64°
Saturation (HSL)44.9%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B8 · G E4 · B D8

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