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Recognised as Colour

#B9D7DE

  • #B9D7DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B9D7DE is a cyan with RGB values 185, 215, 222 and HSL 191°, 36%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B9D7DE#B9D7DE
HEX#B9D7DE
RGBrgb(185, 215, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8431, 0.8706
RGB percentages72.5%, 84.3%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(191.4, 35.9%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 16.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK16.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,179,422
CSS custom property--colour: #B9D7DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#462821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D5DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD0DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AFDAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 6.1Light grey · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC0B9
Analogous#B9DED3, #B9C5DE
Triadic#DEB9D7, #D7DEB9
Split complementary#DEB9C5, #DED3B9
Tetradic#D3B9DE, #DEC0B9, #C5DEB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCEBEE
Darker −10%#96C3CE
Darker −20%#74AFBD
Darker −30%#519BAD
Darker −40%#417C8A
More saturated +25%#ACDFEB
Less saturated −25%#C6CFD1

Channel breakdown

R185
G215
B222
Red185 (72.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue191.35°
Saturation (HSL)35.92%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G D7 · B DE

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