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Recognised as Colour

#B3BFDF

  • #B3BFDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B3BFDF is a blue with RGB values 179, 191, 223 and HSL 224°, 41%, 79%. 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

#B3BFDF#B3BFDF
HEX#B3BFDF
RGBrgb(179, 191, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.749, 0.8745
RGB percentages70.2%, 74.9%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(223.6, 40.7%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 19.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK19.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,780,063
CSS custom property--colour: #B3BFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#4C4020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2BDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A8C5C9no 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 text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.5Thistle · ΔE 13.7Light blue · ΔE 16Lavender · ΔE 16.4Silver · ΔE 17.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.51, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD3B3
Analogous#B3D5DF, #BDB3DF
Triadic#DFB3BF, #BFDFB3
Split complementary#DFBDB3, #D5DFB3
Tetradic#DFB3D5, #DFD3B3, #B3DFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBFD
Lighter +10%#D7DDEE
Darker −10%#8FA1D0
Darker −20%#6B83C1
Darker −30%#4A65AF
Darker −40%#3B518B
More saturated +25%#A6B9ED
Less saturated −25%#C1C5D2

Channel breakdown

R179
G191
B223
Red179 (70.2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)40.74%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G BF · B DF

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