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Recognised as Colour

#B1AFDE

  • #B1AFDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B1AFDE is a blue with RGB values 177, 175, 222 and HSL 243°, 42%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B1AFDE#B1AFDE
HEX#B1AFDE
RGBrgb(177, 175, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.6863, 0.8706
RGB percentages69.4%, 68.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(242.6, 41.6%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.6, 21.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK20.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,644,894
CSS custom property--colour: #B1AFDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#4E5021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B5E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Thistle · ΔE 16Plum · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.9Lavender · ΔE 24.2Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCDEAF
Analogous#AFC4DE, #C9AFDE
Triadic#DEB1AF, #AFDEB1
Split complementary#DEC9AF, #C4DEAF
Tetradic#DEAFC4, #DCDEAF, #AFDEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F7FC
Lighter +10%#D4D3ED
Darker −10%#8E8BCF
Darker −20%#6B67C0
Darker −30%#4C47AD
Darker −40%#3C3889
More saturated +25%#A4A1EC
Less saturated −25%#BEBDD0

Channel breakdown

R177
G175
B222
Red177 (69.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue242.55°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G AF · B DE

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