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Recognised as Colour

#B3BDDC

  • #B3BDDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B3BDDC is a blue with RGB values 179, 189, 220 and HSL 225°, 37%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B3BDDC#B3BDDC
HEX#B3BDDC
RGBrgb(179, 189, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.7412, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.2%, 74.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(225.4, 36.9%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.4, 18.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK18.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,779,548
CSS custom property--colour: #B3BDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#4C4223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BCDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A9C3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.8Thistle · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 16.4Lavender · ΔE 16.6Silver · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.79, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD2B3
Analogous#B3D2DC, #BDB3DC
Triadic#DCB3BD, #BDDCB3
Split complementary#DCBEB3, #D2DCB3
Tetradic#DCB3D2, #DCD2B3, #B3DCBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FAFC
Lighter +10%#D6DBEC
Darker −10%#909FCC
Darker −20%#6D80BC
Darker −30%#4E64A8
Darker −40%#3D4F86
More saturated +25%#A5B6EA
Less saturated −25%#C1C4CE

Channel breakdown

R179
G189
B220
Red179 (70.2%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue225.37°
Saturation (HSL)36.94%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G BD · B DC

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