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Recognised as Colour

#B2D5FB

  • #B2D5FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B2D5FB is a blue with RGB values 178, 213, 251 and HSL 211°, 90%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B2D5FB#B2D5FB
HEX#B2D5FB
RGBrgb(178, 213, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.8353, 0.9843
RGB percentages69.8%, 83.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(211.2, 90.1%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 29.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK29.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,720,187
CSS custom property--colour: #B2D5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.8:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#4D2A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECEFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9DDEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 13.4Lavender · ΔE 16.4Powder blue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD8B2
Analogous#B2F9FB, #B4B2FB
Triadic#FBB2D5, #D5FBB2
Split complementary#FBB4B2, #F9FBB2
Tetradic#FBB2F9, #FBD8B2, #B2FBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2EFFE
Darker −10%#82BBF8
Darker −20%#51A0F6
Darker −30%#2186F3
Darker −40%#0B6CD6
More saturated +25%#AED5FF
Less saturated −25%#BCD5F1

Channel breakdown

R178
G213
B251
Red178 (69.8%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue211.23°
Saturation (HSL)90.12%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G D5 · B FB

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