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Recognised as Colour

#B0ACDB

  • #B0ACDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0ACDB is a blue with RGB values 176, 172, 219 and HSL 245°, 39%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0ACDB#B0ACDB
HEX#B0ACDB
RGBrgb(176, 172, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6745, 0.8588
RGB percentages69%, 67.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(245.1, 39.5%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.1, 21.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK19.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,578,587
CSS custom property--colour: #B0ACDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#4F5324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B2DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 16.2Plum · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8Light slate grey · ΔE 24.2Lavender · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7DBAC
Analogous#ACC0DB, #C7ACDB
Triadic#DBB0AC, #ACDBB0
Split complementary#DBC8AC, #C0DBAC
Tetradic#DBACC0, #D7DBAC, #ACDBC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F3FA
Lighter +10%#D2D0EA
Darker −10%#8E88CC
Darker −20%#6C65BC
Darker −30%#5048A6
Darker −40%#3F3982
More saturated +25%#A49DEA
Less saturated −25%#BCBBCC

Channel breakdown

R176
G172
B219
Red176 (69%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue245.11°
Saturation (HSL)39.5%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G AC · B DB

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