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Colour

#B4C2EB

  • #B4C2EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4C2EB is a blue with RGB values 180, 194, 235 and HSL 225°, 58%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4C2EB#B4C2EB
HEX#B4C2EB
RGBrgb(180, 194, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7608, 0.9216
RGB percentages70.6%, 76.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(224.7, 57.9%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 23.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK23.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,846,379
CSS custom property--colour: #B4C2EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#4B3D14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C0EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A6CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 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 text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Thistle · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Lavender · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDDB4
Analogous#B4DDEB, #C2B4EB
Triadic#EBB4C2, #C2EBB4
Split complementary#EBC2B4, #DDEBB4
Tetradic#EBB4DD, #EBDDB4, #B4EBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCE3F6
Darker −10%#8CA1E0
Darker −20%#6381D6
Darker −30%#3B60CB
Darker −40%#2C4CA7
More saturated +25%#A8BCF7
Less saturated −25%#C0C8DF

Channel breakdown

R180
G194
B235
Red180 (70.6%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue224.73°
Saturation (HSL)57.89%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G C2 · B EB

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