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Recognised as Colour

#B9D1CD

  • #B9D1CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#B9D1CD is a cyan with RGB values 185, 209, 205 and HSL 170°, 21%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#B9D1CD#B9D1CD
HEX#B9D1CD
RGBrgb(185, 209, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8196, 0.8039
RGB percentages72.5%, 82%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(170, 20.7%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 11.5%, 82%)
CMYK11.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,177,869
CSS custom property--colour: #B9D1CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#462E32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACACDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D2D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 9.2Silver · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 11.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1B9BD
Analogous#B9D1C1, #B9C9D1
Triadic#CDB9D1, #D1CDB9
Split complementary#D1B9C9, #D1C1B9
Tetradic#C1B9D1, #D1B9BD, #C9D1B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9F9
Lighter +10%#D8E5E3
Darker −10%#9ABDB7
Darker −20%#7BA9A1
Darker −30%#609189
Darker −40%#4B736C
More saturated +25%#ABE0D7
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R185
G209
B205
Red185 (72.5%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)20.69%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G D1 · B CD

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