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Colour

#B2C8FD

  • #B2C8FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B2C8FD is a blue with RGB values 178, 200, 253 and HSL 222°, 95%, 85%. 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

#B2C8FD#B2C8FD
HEX#B2C8FD
RGBrgb(178, 200, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.7843, 0.9922
RGB percentages69.8%, 78.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 94.9%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 29.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK29.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,716,861
CSS custom property--colour: #B2C8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#4D3702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C5FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9DD2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 21.2Lavender · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE7B2
Analogous#B2EEFD, #C2B2FD
Triadic#FDB2C8, #C8FDB2
Split complementary#FDC2B2, #EEFDB2
Tetradic#FDB2EE, #FDE7B2, #B2FDC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4ECFE
Darker −10%#80A4FC
Darker −20%#4F81FA
Darker −30%#1D5DF9
Darker −40%#0645DD
More saturated +25%#B0C7FF
Less saturated −25%#BCCCF3

Channel breakdown

R178
G200
B253
Red178 (69.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.4°
Saturation (HSL)94.94%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G C8 · B FD

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