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Recognised as Colour

#B4BDCA

  • #B4BDCA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B4BDCA is a blue with RGB values 180, 189, 202 and HSL 215°, 17%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B4BDCA#B4BDCA
HEX#B4BDCA
RGBrgb(180, 189, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7412, 0.7922
RGB percentages70.6%, 74.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(215.5, 17.2%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.5, 10.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK10.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,845,066
CSS custom property--colour: #B4BDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#4B4235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BDCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BBCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AFC0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 7.9Dark grey · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAC1B4
Analogous#B4C8CA, #B6B4CA
Triadic#CAB4BD, #BDCAB4
Split complementary#CAB6B4, #C8CAB4
Tetradic#CAB4C8, #CAC1B4, #B4CAB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F2F4
Lighter +10%#D2D7DF
Darker −10%#96A3B5
Darker −20%#7888A0
Darker −30%#5F6F86
Darker −40%#4A5668
More saturated +25%#A4BADA
Less saturated −25%#BFBFBF

Channel breakdown

R180
G189
B202
Red180 (70.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue215.45°
Saturation (HSL)17.19%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G BD · B CA

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