HEX Color #B6F0FF (Powderblue)

About #B6F0FF

The hex code #B6F0FF represents a beautifully specific shade of cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Powderblue. Its digital footprint relies on 182 parts red, 240 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 29% cyan and 6% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 192.3° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 85.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6F0FF

RGB182, 240, 255

HSL192.3°, 100.0%, 85.7%

CMYK29%, 6%, 0%, 0%

HSV192.3°, 28.6%, 100.0%

LAB91.5, -14.9, -13.2

XYZ68.5, 79.5, 106.3

Decimal11989247

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#B6F0FF #FFC5B6

Analogous

#B6FFE9 #B6CBFF

Triadic

#FFB6F0 #F0FFB6

Tetradic

#E9B6FF #FFC5B6 #CBFFB6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#B6F0FF

#BEF1FF

#C6F3FF

#CEF5FF

#D6F6FF

#DEF8FF

#E6FAFF

#EEFBFF

#F6FDFF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#B6F0FF

#A1D5E2

#8DBAC6

#79A0AA

#65858D

#506A71

#3C5055

#283538

#141A1C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.24:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.90:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.19:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

14.36:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6F0FF; }

.text-color { color: #B6F0FF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6F0FF; }

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