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Recognised as Colour

#B4D3FF

  • #B4D3FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B4D3FF is a blue with RGB values 180, 211, 255 and HSL 215°, 100%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B4D3FF#B4D3FF
HEX#B4D3FF
RGBrgb(180, 211, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8275, 1
RGB percentages70.6%, 82.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(215.2, 100%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 29.4%, 100%)
CMYK29.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,850,751
CSS custom property--colour: #B4D3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#4B2C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9EDCE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 16.9Lavender · ΔE 17.7Thistle · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE0B4
Analogous#B4F8FF, #BBB4FF
Triadic#FFB4D3, #D3FFB4
Split complementary#FFBBB4, #F8FFB4
Tetradic#FFB4F8, #FFE0B4, #B4FFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F1FF
Darker −10%#81B5FF
Darker −20%#4E97FF
Darker −30%#1B79FF
Darker −40%#005FE7
More saturated +25%#B4D3FF
Less saturated −25%#BDD5F6

Channel breakdown

R180
G211
B255
Red180 (70.6%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue215.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G D3 · B FF

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