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Recognised as Colour

#B2D6EF

  • #B2D6EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B2D6EF is a blue with RGB values 178, 214, 239 and HSL 205°, 66%, 82%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#B2D6EF#B2D6EF
HEX#B2D6EF
RGBrgb(178, 214, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.8392, 0.9373
RGB percentages69.8%, 83.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(204.6, 65.6%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.6, 25.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK25.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,720,431
CSS custom property--colour: #B2D6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#4D2910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CEEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A0DCDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8Lavender · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFCBB2
Analogous#B2EFE9, #B2B8EF
Triadic#EFB2D6, #D6EFB2
Split complementary#EFB2B8, #EFE9B2
Tetradic#E9B2EF, #EFCBB2, #B8EFB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCECF8
Darker −10%#88C0E6
Darker −20%#5EA9DD
Darker −30%#3393D5
Darker −40%#2577B0
More saturated +25%#A6D8FB
Less saturated −25%#BED4E3

Channel breakdown

R178
G214
B239
Red178 (69.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue204.59°
Saturation (HSL)65.59%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G D6 · B EF

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