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Recognised as Colour

#B8E9F9

  • #B8E9F9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B8E9F9 is a cyan with RGB values 184, 233, 249 and HSL 195°, 84%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8E9F9#B8E9F9
HEX#B8E9F9
RGBrgb(184, 233, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.9137, 0.9765
RGB percentages72.2%, 91.4%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(194.8, 84.4%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 26.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK26.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,118,521
CSS custom property--colour: #B8E9F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#471606

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A4EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 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 text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 6.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Light cyan · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9C8B8
Analogous#B8F9E8, #B8C9F9
Triadic#F9B8E9, #E9F9B8
Split complementary#F9B8C9, #F9E9B8
Tetradic#E8B8F9, #F9C8B8, #C9F9B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F8FD
Darker −10%#89DAF5
Darker −20%#5ACCF1
Darker −30%#2BBDED
Darker −40%#12A4D3
More saturated +25%#B2ECFF
Less saturated −25%#C2E4EF

Channel breakdown

R184
G233
B249
Red184 (72.2%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue194.77°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G E9 · B F9

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