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Recognised as Colour

#B0BDFE

  • #B0BDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0BDFE is a blue with RGB values 176, 189, 254 and HSL 230°, 98%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0BDFE#B0BDFE
HEX#B0BDFE
RGBrgb(176, 189, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7412, 0.9961
RGB percentages69%, 74.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(230, 97.5%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 30.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK30.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,582,974
CSS custom property--colour: #B0BDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.56:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#4F4201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9BC9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 21.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 24.6Plum · ΔE 25.7Sky blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 21.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF1B0
Analogous#B0E4FE, #CAB0FE
Triadic#FEB0BD, #BDFEB0
Split complementary#FECAB0, #E4FEB0
Tetradic#FEB0E4, #FEF1B0, #B0FECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E7FF
Darker −10%#7E93FD
Darker −20%#4B69FD
Darker −30%#193FFC
Darker −40%#0328DF
More saturated +25%#AFBCFF
Less saturated −25%#BAC4F4

Channel breakdown

R176
G189
B254
Red176 (69%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)97.5%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G BD · B FE

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