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Recognised as Colour

#B2BEDF

  • #B2BEDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B2BEDF is a blue with RGB values 178, 190, 223 and HSL 224°, 41%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B2BEDF#B2BEDF
HEX#B2BEDF
RGBrgb(178, 190, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.7451, 0.8745
RGB percentages69.8%, 74.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(224, 41.3%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 20.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK20.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,714,271
CSS custom property--colour: #B2BEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.32:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#4D4120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C0E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A7C4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 16.5Lavender · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Silver · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD3B2
Analogous#B2D5DF, #BDB2DF
Triadic#DFB2BE, #BEDFB2
Split complementary#DFBDB2, #D5DFB2
Tetradic#DFB2D5, #DFD3B2, #B2DFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFD
Lighter +10%#D6DCEE
Darker −10%#8EA0D0
Darker −20%#6A81C1
Darker −30%#4964AF
Darker −40%#3A508B
More saturated +25%#A4B8ED
Less saturated −25%#C0C4D1

Channel breakdown

R178
G190
B223
Red178 (69.8%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)41.28%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G BE · B DF

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