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Recognised as Colour

#B0BDDE

  • #B0BDDE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0BDDE is a blue with RGB values 176, 189, 222 and HSL 223°, 41%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0BDDE#B0BDDE
HEX#B0BDDE
RGBrgb(176, 189, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7412, 0.8706
RGB percentages69%, 74.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(223, 41.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 20.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK20.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,582,942
CSS custom property--colour: #B0BDDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#4F4221

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BFE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBBDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A5C3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5Thistle · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Lavender · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DED1B0
Analogous#B0D4DE, #BAB0DE
Triadic#DEB0BD, #BDDEB0
Split complementary#DEBAB0, #D4DEB0
Tetradic#DEB0D4, #DED1B0, #B0DEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F9FC
Lighter +10%#D4DBED
Darker −10%#8C9FCF
Darker −20%#6881C0
Darker −30%#4865AD
Darker −40%#395089
More saturated +25%#A2B7EC
Less saturated −25%#BEC3D0

Channel breakdown

R176
G189
B222
Red176 (69%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue223.04°
Saturation (HSL)41.07%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G BD · B DE

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