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Recognised as Colour

#B4B2DF

  • #B4B2DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4B2DF is a blue with RGB values 180, 178, 223 and HSL 243°, 41%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4B2DF#B4B2DF
HEX#B4B2DF
RGBrgb(180, 178, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.698, 0.8745
RGB percentages70.6%, 69.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(242.7, 41.3%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.7, 20.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK19.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,842,271
CSS custom property--colour: #B4B2DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#4B4D20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B7E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B5DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ABB9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14Thistle · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4Plum · ΔE 22.6Lavender · ΔE 22.6Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDDFB2
Analogous#B2C6DF, #CBB2DF
Triadic#DFB4B2, #B2DFB4
Split complementary#DFCBB2, #C6DFB2
Tetradic#DFB2C6, #DDDFB2, #B2DFCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFAFD
Lighter +10%#D7D6EE
Darker −10%#918ED0
Darker −20%#6E6AC1
Darker −30%#4D49AF
Darker −40%#3D3A8B
More saturated +25%#A8A4ED
Less saturated −25%#C0C0D1

Channel breakdown

R180
G178
B223
Red180 (70.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue242.67°
Saturation (HSL)41.28%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G B2 · B DF

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