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Recognised as Colour

#B0C5F5

  • #B0C5F5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0C5F5 is a blue with RGB values 176, 197, 245 and HSL 222°, 78%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0C5F5#B0C5F5
HEX#B0C5F5
RGBrgb(176, 197, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7725, 0.9608
RGB percentages69%, 77.3%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(221.7, 77.5%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 28.2%, 96.1%)
CMYK28.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,585,013
CSS custom property--colour: #B0C5F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.15:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#4F3A0A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C8F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C2F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9DCED5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 19.4Lavender · ΔE 20.5Light blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5E0B0
Analogous#B0E7F5, #BEB0F5
Triadic#F5B0C5, #C5F5B0
Split complementary#F5BEB0, #E8F5B0
Tetradic#F5B0E7, #F5E0B0, #B0F5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDE6FB
Darker −10%#83A4EF
Darker −20%#5583EA
Darker −30%#2861E4
Darker −40%#184CC1
More saturated +25%#A6C1FF
Less saturated −25%#BBC9EA

Channel breakdown

R176
G197
B245
Red176 (69%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue221.74°
Saturation (HSL)77.53%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G C5 · B F5

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