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Colour

#B3BEDE

  • #B3BEDE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B3BEDE is a blue with RGB values 179, 190, 222 and HSL 225°, 39%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B3BEDE#B3BEDE
HEX#B3BEDE
RGBrgb(179, 190, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.7451, 0.8706
RGB percentages70.2%, 74.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(224.7, 39.4%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 19.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK19.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,779,806
CSS custom property--colour: #B3BEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#4C4121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A9C4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.8Thistle · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 16.4Lavender · ΔE 16.6Silver · ΔE 17.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.82, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DED3B3
Analogous#B3D4DE, #BDB3DE
Triadic#DEB3BE, #BEDEB3
Split complementary#DEBDB3, #D4DEB3
Tetradic#DEB3D4, #DED3B3, #B3DEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFD
Lighter +10%#D7DCED
Darker −10%#8FA0CF
Darker −20%#6C81BF
Darker −30%#4B64AD
Darker −40%#3C5089
More saturated +25%#A5B7EC
Less saturated −25%#C1C5D0

Channel breakdown

R179
G190
B222
Red179 (70.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue224.65°
Saturation (HSL)39.45%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G BE · B DE

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