Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B4C8FA

  • #B4C8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4C8FA is a blue with RGB values 180, 200, 250 and HSL 223°, 87%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4C8FA#B4C8FA
HEX#B4C8FA
RGBrgb(180, 200, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7843, 0.9804
RGB percentages70.6%, 78.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(222.9, 87.5%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 28%, 98%)
CMYK28%, 20%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,847,930
CSS custom property--colour: #B4C8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.58:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#4B3705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CCFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A1D2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Thistle · ΔE 19.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.9Lavender · ΔE 20.4Light blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE6B4
Analogous#B4EBFA, #C3B4FA
Triadic#FAB4C8, #C8FAB4
Split complementary#FAC3B4, #EBFAB4
Tetradic#FAB4EB, #FAE6B4, #B4FAC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4EBFD
Darker −10%#84A5F7
Darker −20%#5482F4
Darker −30%#255FF0
Darker −40%#0E47D4
More saturated +25%#AFC6FF
Less saturated −25%#BECCF0

Channel breakdown

R180
G200
B250
Red180 (70.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)87.5%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G C8 · B FA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b4c8fa” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.