Colour

#B8E8FC

#B8E8FC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#B8E8FC is a cyan with RGB values 184, 232, 252 and HSL 198°, 92%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8E8FC#B8E8FC

HEX#B8E8FC

RGBrgb(184, 232, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.9098, 0.9882

RGB percentages72.2%, 91%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(197.6, 91.9%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 27%, 98.8%)

CMYK27%, 7.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,118,268

CSS custom property--colour: #B8E8FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#471703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3DDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A3EEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4 Powder blue · ΔE 8.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12 Sky blue · ΔE 12.7 Light cyan · ΔE 14.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FCCCB8

Analogous#B8FCEE, #B8C6FC

Triadic#FCB8E8, #E8FCB8

Split complementary#FCB8C6, #FCEEB8

Tetradic#EEB8FC, #FCCCB8, #C6FCB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E9F8FE

Darker −10%#87D8FA

Darker −20%#56C8F8

Darker −30%#25B8F6

Darker −40%#09A0DF

More saturated +25%#B5E9FF

Less saturated −25%#C1E4F3

Channel breakdown

R184

G232

B252

Red184 (72.2%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue197.65°

Saturation (HSL)91.89%

Lightness85.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B8 · G E8 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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