#B3E5FC

Material lightblue 100

#B3E5FC is a cyan colour. In RGB it is 179 red, 229 green and 252 blue, which converts to a hue of 199 degrees, 92% saturation and 85% lightness. It is Material lightblue 100 in that design system's palette.

Color values

HEX	#B3E5FC
RGB	rgb(179, 229, 252)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(199, 29%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 9%, 0%, 1%)

Contrast and accessibility

Against white the contrast ratio is 1.35:1, and against black it is 15.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Background	Ratio	Normal text	Large text
White	1.35:1	Fail	Fail
Black	15.53:1	AAA	AAA

Tints and shades

Lighter tints move #B3E5FC toward white, and darker shades move it toward black.

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Complementary

#FCCCB6

Analogous

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Split complementary

Code

CSS	color: #B3E5FC;
CSS rgb()	color: rgb(179 229 252);
Tailwind	bg-[#b3e5fc]
SwiftUI	Color(red: 0.702, green: 0.898, blue: 0.988)
Android	Color.parseColor("#B3E5FC")

Closest named color

The nearest CSS colour keyword to #B3E5FC is paleturquoise (#AFEEEE).