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Recognised as Colour

#B2E4FD

  • #B2E4FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B2E4FD is a blue with RGB values 178, 228, 253 and HSL 200°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B2E4FD#B2E4FD
HEX#B2E4FD
RGBrgb(178, 228, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.8941, 0.9922
RGB percentages69.8%, 89.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(200, 94.9%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 29.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK29.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,724,029
CSS custom property--colour: #B2E4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#4D1B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9AEBECno 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 text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCBB2
Analogous#B2FDF1, #B2BFFD
Triadic#FDB2E4, #E4FDB2
Split complementary#FDB2BF, #FDF1B2
Tetradic#F1B2FD, #FDCBB2, #BFFDB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F5FE
Darker −10%#80D3FC
Darker −20%#4FC1FA
Darker −30%#1DB0F9
Darker −40%#0695DD
More saturated +25%#B0E5FF
Less saturated −25%#BCE1F3

Channel breakdown

R178
G228
B253
Red178 (69.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)94.94%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G E4 · B FD

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