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Recognised as Colour

#B9D0C8

  • #B9D0C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#B9D0C8 is a cyan with RGB values 185, 208, 200 and HSL 159°, 20%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#B9D0C8#B9D0C8
HEX#B9D0C8
RGBrgb(185, 208, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8157, 0.7843
RGB percentages72.5%, 81.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(159.1, 19.7%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 11.1%, 81.6%)
CMYK11.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,177,608
CSS custom property--colour: #B9D0C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#462F37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECDC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B4D1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 9.8Silver · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 13.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0B9C1
Analogous#B9D0BC, #B9CCD0
Triadic#C8B9D0, #D0C8B9
Split complementary#D0B9CC, #D0BCB9
Tetradic#BCB9D0, #D0B9C1, #CCD0B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F9F8
Lighter +10%#D8E4E0
Darker −10%#9ABCB0
Darker −20%#7CA798
Darker −30%#60907F
Darker −40%#4C7164
More saturated +25%#AADFCC
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R185
G208
B200
Red185 (72.5%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue159.13°
Saturation (HSL)19.66%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G D0 · B C8

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