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Recognised as Colour

#B3D2EE

  • #B3D2EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B3D2EE is a blue with RGB values 179, 210, 238 and HSL 208°, 63%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B3D2EE#B3D2EE
HEX#B3D2EE
RGBrgb(179, 210, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8235, 0.9333
RGB percentages70.2%, 82.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(208.5, 63.4%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.5, 24.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK24.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,784,942
CSS custom property--colour: #B3D2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.37:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#4C2D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CBEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A2D9DBno 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 text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.6Light blue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 12Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Lavender · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECFB3
Analogous#B3EEEC, #B3B5EE
Triadic#EEB3D2, #D2EEB3
Split complementary#EEB3B5, #EEEDB3
Tetradic#ECB3EE, #EECFB3, #B5EEB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDEBF7
Darker −10%#89B9E5
Darker −20%#60A1DB
Darker −30%#3688D2
Darker −40%#276EAE
More saturated +25%#A7D3FA
Less saturated −25%#BFD1E2

Channel breakdown

R179
G210
B238
Red179 (70.2%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue208.47°
Saturation (HSL)63.44%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G D2 · B EE

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