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Recognised as Colour

#B3BDEB

  • #B3BDEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B3BDEB is a blue with RGB values 179, 189, 235 and HSL 229°, 58%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B3BDEB#B3BDEB
HEX#B3BDEB
RGBrgb(179, 189, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.7412, 0.9216
RGB percentages70.2%, 74.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(229.3, 58.3%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 23.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK23.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,779,563
CSS custom property--colour: #B3BDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.4:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#4C4214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A5C5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Thistle · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Lavender · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE1B3
Analogous#B3D9EB, #C5B3EB
Triadic#EBB3BD, #BDEBB3
Split complementary#EBC5B3, #D9EBB3
Tetradic#EBB3D9, #EBE1B3, #B3EBC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBE0F6
Darker −10%#8B9AE0
Darker −20%#6277D6
Darker −30%#3A54CB
Darker −40%#2C42A6
More saturated +25%#A7B5F7
Less saturated −25%#BFC5DF

Channel breakdown

R179
G189
B235
Red179 (70.2%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue229.29°
Saturation (HSL)58.33%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G BD · B EB

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