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Colour

#B4B9CD

  • #B4B9CD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4B9CD is a blue with RGB values 180, 185, 205 and HSL 228°, 20%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4B9CD#B4B9CD
HEX#B4B9CD
RGBrgb(180, 185, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7255, 0.8039
RGB percentages70.6%, 72.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(228, 20%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 12.2%, 80.4%)
CMYK12.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,844,045
CSS custom property--colour: #B4B9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#4B4632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BBCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B9CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AFBDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Silver · ΔE 11.1Thistle · ΔE 12Dark grey · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDC8B4
Analogous#B4C5CD, #BBB4CD
Triadic#CDB4B9, #B9CDB4
Split complementary#CDBCB4, #C5CDB4
Tetradic#CDB4C5, #CDC8B4, #B4CDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F2F6
Lighter +10%#D3D6E1
Darker −10%#959CB9
Darker −20%#7780A4
Darker −30%#5D668B
Darker −40%#48506D
More saturated +25%#A4B0DD
Less saturated −25%#C1C1C1

Channel breakdown

R180
G185
B205
Red180 (70.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G B9 · B CD

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