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Colour

#B0C9FD

  • #B0C9FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B0C9FD is a blue with RGB values 176, 201, 253 and HSL 221°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B0C9FD#B0C9FD
HEX#B0C9FD
RGBrgb(176, 201, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.7882, 0.9922
RGB percentages69%, 78.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(220.5, 95.1%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 30.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK30.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,586,045
CSS custom property--colour: #B0C9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.62:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#4F3602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C5FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9AD3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 21.5Lavender · ΔE 21.6Light blue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE4B0
Analogous#B0EFFD, #BEB0FD
Triadic#FDB0C9, #C9FDB0
Split complementary#FDBEB0, #EFFDB0
Tetradic#FDB0EF, #FDE4B0, #B0FDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2EBFE
Darker −10%#7EA7FC
Darker −20%#4D85FA
Darker −30%#1B63F9
Darker −40%#064BDB
More saturated +25%#AEC8FF
Less saturated −25%#BACDF3

Channel breakdown

R176
G201
B253
Red176 (69%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue220.52°
Saturation (HSL)95.06%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G C9 · B FD

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