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Recognised as Colour

#B1C3E9

  • #B1C3E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B1C3E9 is a blue with RGB values 177, 195, 233 and HSL 221°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B1C3E9#B1C3E9
HEX#B1C3E9
RGBrgb(177, 195, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.7647, 0.9137
RGB percentages69.4%, 76.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(220.7, 56%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.7, 24%, 91.4%)
CMYK24%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,650,025
CSS custom property--colour: #B1C3E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#4E3C16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C0E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A3CACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 16.2Light blue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Lavender · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D7B1
Analogous#B1DFE9, #BBB1E9
Triadic#E9B1C3, #C3E9B1
Split complementary#E9BBB1, #DFE9B1
Tetradic#E9B1DF, #E9D7B1, #B1E9BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9E2F4
Darker −10%#89A4DE
Darker −20%#6186D3
Darker −30%#3A67C7
Darker −40%#2D52A1
More saturated +25%#A5BFF6
Less saturated −25%#BEC7DD

Channel breakdown

R177
G195
B233
Red177 (69.4%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue220.71°
Saturation (HSL)56%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G C3 · B E9

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