Colour

#B0C3E5

#B0C3E5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0C3E5 is a blue with RGB values 176, 195, 229 and HSL 218°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0C3E5#B0C3E5

HEX#B0C3E5

RGBrgb(176, 195, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7647, 0.898

RGB percentages69%, 76.5%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(218.5, 50.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 23.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK23.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,584,485

CSS custom property--colour: #B0C3E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#4F3C1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8C5E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C0E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A2CACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4 Light blue · ΔE 15 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1 Sky blue · ΔE 15.8 Thistle · ΔE 15.9 Lavender · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.37, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E5D2B0

Analogous#B0DEE5, #B8B0E5

Triadic#E5B0C3, #C3E5B0

Split complementary#E5B8B0, #DDE5B0

Tetradic#E5B0DD, #E5D2B0, #B0E5B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFE

Lighter +10%#D6E0F2

Darker −10%#8AA6D8

Darker −20%#6389CC

Darker −30%#3E6CBE

Darker −40%#325697

More saturated +25%#A3BFF2

Less saturated −25%#BDC7D8

Channel breakdown

R176

G195

B229

Red176 (69%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue218.49°

Saturation (HSL)50.48%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B0 · G C3 · B E5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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