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Recognised as Colour

#B0C4DE

  • #B0C4DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Named: Light steelblue

#B0C4DE is the CSS colour blue with RGB values 176, 196, 222 and HSL 214°, 41%, 78%. 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

#B0C4DE#B0C4DE
HEX#B0C4DE
RGBrgb(176, 196, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7686, 0.8706
RGB percentages69%, 76.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(213.9, 41.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.9, 20.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK20.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,584,734
CSS custom property--colour: #B0C4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.8:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#4F3B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC5DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A4CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 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 text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 0Light blue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Silver · ΔE 15.3Lavender · ΔE 15.3Thistle · ΔE 15.8
This is a named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)exact match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usablelightsteelblue

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECAB0
Analogous#B0DBDE, #B3B0DE
Triadic#DEB0C4, #C4DEB0
Split complementary#DEB3B0, #DBDEB0
Tetradic#DEB0DB, #DECAB0, #B0DEB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FAFC
Lighter +10%#D4DFED
Darker −10%#8CA9CF
Darker −20%#688EC0
Darker −30%#4874AD
Darker −40%#395C89
More saturated +25%#A2C2EC
Less saturated −25%#BEC6D0

Channel breakdown

R176
G196
B222
Red176 (69%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue213.91°
Saturation (HSL)41.07%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G C4 · B DE

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