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Recognised as Colour

#B9C7BD

  • #B9C7BD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B9C7BD is a green with RGB values 185, 199, 189 and HSL 137°, 11%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B9C7BD#B9C7BD
HEX#B9C7BD
RGBrgb(185, 199, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.7804, 0.7412
RGB percentages72.5%, 78%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(137.1, 11.1%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137.1, 7%, 78%)
CMYK7%, 0%, 5%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,175,293
CSS custom property--colour: #B9C7BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.97:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#463842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C4BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B7C7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6Light grey · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7B9C3
Analogous#BCC7B9, #B9C7C4
Triadic#BDB9C7, #C7BDB9
Split complementary#C4B9C7, #C7B9BC
Tetradic#B9BCC7, #C7B9C3, #C7C4B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F4F2
Lighter +10%#D5DED8
Darker −10%#9DB0A2
Darker −20%#809A88
Darker −30%#67806E
Darker −40%#506456
More saturated +25%#A9D7B6
Less saturated −25%#C0C0C0

Channel breakdown

R185
G199
B189
Red185 (72.5%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue137.14°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G C7 · B BD

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