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Recognised as Colour

#B8E4F7

  • #B8E4F7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B8E4F7 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 228, 247 and HSL 198°, 80%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8E4F7#B8E4F7
HEX#B8E4F7
RGBrgb(184, 228, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8941, 0.9686
RGB percentages72.2%, 89.4%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(198.1, 79.7%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 25.5%, 96.9%)
CMYK25.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,117,239
CSS custom property--colour: #B8E4F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.48:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#471B08

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE2F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DAF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A5EAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5Powder blue · ΔE 7.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.3Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Light cyan · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7CBB8
Analogous#B8F7EB, #B8C5F7
Triadic#F7B8E4, #E4F7B8
Split complementary#F7B8C5, #F7EBB8
Tetradic#EBB8F7, #F7CBB8, #C5F7B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F5FC
Darker −10%#8AD3F2
Darker −20%#5CC1ED
Darker −30%#2EB0E8
Darker −40%#1795CC
More saturated +25%#B0E7FF
Less saturated −25%#C2E0ED

Channel breakdown

R184
G228
B247
Red184 (72.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue198.1°
Saturation (HSL)79.75%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G E4 · B F7

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