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Recognised as Colour

#B2CAEF

  • #B2CAEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B2CAEF is a blue with RGB values 178, 202, 239 and HSL 216°, 66%, 82%. 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

#B2CAEF#B2CAEF
HEX#B2CAEF
RGBrgb(178, 202, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.7922, 0.9373
RGB percentages69.8%, 79.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(216.4, 65.6%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 25.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK25.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,717,359
CSS custom property--colour: #B2CAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#4D3510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A2D2D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 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 text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Lavender · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD7B2
Analogous#B2E9EF, #B9B2EF
Triadic#EFB2CA, #CAEFB2
Split complementary#EFB9B2, #E8EFB2
Tetradic#EFB2E8, #EFD7B2, #B2EFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCE7F8
Darker −10%#88ADE6
Darker −20%#5E90DD
Darker −30%#3373D5
Darker −40%#255CB0
More saturated +25%#A6C8FB
Less saturated −25%#BECCE3

Channel breakdown

R178
G202
B239
Red178 (69.8%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue216.39°
Saturation (HSL)65.59%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G CA · B EF

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