#B2EBFF

sRGB: 178 / 235 / 255

Ancient mountains drift beyond memory
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#B2EBFF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 178 red, 235 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 195.6° lands in the azure region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 178, 235, 255
HSL: 195.58°, 100.00%, 84.90%
HSV / HSB: 195.58°, 30.20%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 30.20%, 7.84%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.115, 76.100, 105.816
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.906, -13.468, -15.494
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76102
24-bit decimal: 11725823

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B2EBFF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 16.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FFC6B2 sits half a turn (180°) from #B2EBFF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B2EBFF #FFC6B2

Analogous

#B2FFED and #B2C4FF sit 30° to either side of #B2EBFF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B2FFED #B2EBFF #B2C4FF

Triadic

#B2EBFF, #FFB2EB and #EBFFB2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B2EBFF #FFB2EB #EBFFB2

Split complementary

Start at #B2EBFF and look across the wheel. #FFB2C4 and #FFEDB2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B2EBFF #FFB2C4 #FFEDB2

Square

Starting with #B2EBFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDB2FF, #FFC6B2, then #C4FFB2. Across the square, #B2EBFF pairs with #FFC6B2, and #EDB2FF with #C4FFB2.

#B2EBFF #EDB2FF #FFC6B2 #C4FFB2

Tetradic

#B2EBFF and #FFC6B2 are opposites, as are #C6B2FF and #EBFFB2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B2EBFF #C6B2FF #FFC6B2 #EBFFB2

Tints

Mixing #B2EBFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C1EFFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F0FBFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#B2EBFF #C1EFFF #D1F3FF #E0F7FF #F0FBFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B2EBFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8EBCCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #242F33, the mixture is 80% black.

#B2EBFF #8EBCCC #6B8D99 #475E66 #242F33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B2EBFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A8D6E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8A9599, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B2EBFF #A8D6E6 #9EC0CC #94ABB3 #8A9599 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B2EBFF

RGB

rgb(178 235 255)

HSL

hsl(195.584 100.000% 84.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B2EBFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B2EBFF uses 178 red, 235 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 69.8%

Green 92.2%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B2EBFF is 30.2% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 30.2%

Magenta 7.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAEEFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AEF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B2EBFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99FFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAEEFF Nearest web-safe: #99FFFF

Gradient to complement

#B2EBFF #BFE5F2 #CCDFE5 #D9D9D9 #E5D2CC #F2CCBF #FFC6B2

Color vision previews

Compare how #B2EBFF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DFE8FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D3DEFF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#99F2F1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0E8FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CAE3FF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AFECFA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E2E2E2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CCE7F1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.44520 G 0.83077 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74428 G 0.91527 B 0.99039

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51365 G 0.81797 B 0.97827

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.267 y 0.307 Y 76.100

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 30.196 M % 7.843 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10110010 11101011 11111111