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Recognised as Colour

#B4CEFD

  • #B4CEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4CEFD is a blue with RGB values 180, 206, 253 and HSL 219°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4CEFD#B4CEFD
HEX#B4CEFD
RGBrgb(180, 206, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8078, 0.9922
RGB percentages70.6%, 80.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(218.6, 94.8%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 28.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK28.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,849,469
CSS custom property--colour: #B4CEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#4B3102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BED1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7CAFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#A0D8DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Lavender · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.2Thistle · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE3B4
Analogous#B4F3FD, #BEB4FD
Triadic#FDB4CE, #CEFDB4
Split complementary#FDBFB4, #F3FDB4
Tetradic#FDB4F3, #FDE3B4, #B4FDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EEFE
Darker −10%#82AEFC
Darker −20%#518DFA
Darker −30%#1F6DF9
Darker −40%#0653DF
More saturated +25%#B2CDFF
Less saturated −25%#BED1F3

Channel breakdown

R180
G206
B253
Red180 (70.6%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue218.63°
Saturation (HSL)94.81%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G CE · B FD

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