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Colour

#B4C2EA

  • #B4C2EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4C2EA is a blue with RGB values 180, 194, 234 and HSL 224°, 56%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4C2EA#B4C2EA
HEX#B4C2EA
RGBrgb(180, 194, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7608, 0.9176
RGB percentages70.6%, 76.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(224.4, 56.2%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 23.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK23.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,846,378
CSS custom property--colour: #B4C2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#4B3D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A7CACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8Thistle · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Lavender · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADCB4
Analogous#B4DDEA, #C1B4EA
Triadic#EAB4C2, #C2EAB4
Split complementary#EAC1B4, #DDEAB4
Tetradic#EAB4DD, #EADCB4, #B4EAC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCE2F5
Darker −10%#8CA2DF
Darker −20%#6481D4
Darker −30%#3C61C9
Darker −40%#2E4DA4
More saturated +25%#A8BCF6
Less saturated −25%#C0C8DE

Channel breakdown

R180
G194
B234
Red180 (70.6%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue224.44°
Saturation (HSL)56.25%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G C2 · B EA

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