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Recognised as Colour

#B4C3DC

  • #B4C3DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4C3DC is a blue with RGB values 180, 195, 220 and HSL 218°, 36%, 78%. 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

#B4C3DC#B4C3DC
HEX#B4C3DC
RGBrgb(180, 195, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7647, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.6%, 76.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(217.5, 36.4%, 78.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 18.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,846,620
CSS custom property--colour: #B4C3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#4B3C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AAC8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 1.7Light blue · ΔE 12.5Thistle · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.2Lavender · ΔE 14.6Light grey · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCDB4
Analogous#B4D7DC, #B9B4DC
Triadic#DCB4C3, #C3DCB4
Split complementary#DCB9B4, #D7DCB4
Tetradic#DCB4D7, #DCCDB4, #B4DCB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFC
Lighter +10%#D7DFEC
Darker −10%#91A7CC
Darker −20%#6E8BBC
Darker −30%#4F70A8
Darker −40%#3E5986
More saturated +25%#A6C0EA
Less saturated −25%#C2C6CE

Channel breakdown

R180
G195
B220
Red180 (70.6%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)36.36%
Lightness78.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G C3 · B DC

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