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Recognised as Colour

#B4B0DB

  • #B4B0DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4B0DB is a blue with RGB values 180, 176, 219 and HSL 246°, 37%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4B0DB#B4B0DB
HEX#B4B0DB
RGBrgb(180, 176, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6902, 0.8588
RGB percentages70.6%, 69%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(245.6, 37.4%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.6, 19.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK17.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,841,755
CSS custom property--colour: #B4B0DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#4B4F24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B3DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Thistle · ΔE 13.9Plum · ΔE 22.4Lavender · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7DBB0
Analogous#B0C2DB, #C9B0DB
Triadic#DBB4B0, #B0DBB4
Split complementary#DBC9B0, #C2DBB0
Tetradic#DBB0C2, #D7DBB0, #B0DBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F6FB
Lighter +10%#D5D3EB
Darker −10%#938DCB
Darker −20%#716ABB
Darker −30%#544CA6
Darker −40%#423C83
More saturated +25%#A8A2E9
Less saturated −25%#C0BECD

Channel breakdown

R180
G176
B219
Red180 (70.6%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue245.58°
Saturation (HSL)37.39%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G B0 · B DB

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