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Recognised as Colour

#B9DADD

  • #B9DADD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#B9DADD is a cyan with RGB values 185, 218, 221 and HSL 185°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#B9DADD#B9DADD
HEX#B9DADD
RGBrgb(185, 218, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8549, 0.8667
RGB percentages72.5%, 85.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(185, 34.6%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185, 16.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK16.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,180,189
CSS custom property--colour: #B9DADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#462522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D7DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#AFDDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5Light blue · ΔE 6.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDBCB9
Analogous#B9DDCE, #B9C8DD
Triadic#DDB9DA, #DADDB9
Split complementary#DDB9C8, #DDCEB9
Tetradic#CEB9DD, #DDBCB9, #C8DDB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DBECEE
Darker −10%#97C8CC
Darker −20%#74B6BC
Darker −30%#53A3AA
Darker −40%#428288
More saturated +25%#ACE5EA
Less saturated −25%#C6CFD0

Channel breakdown

R185
G218
B221
Red185 (72.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue185°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G DA · B DD

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