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Recognised as Colour

#B4E3FD

  • #B4E3FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B4E3FD is a blue with RGB values 180, 227, 253 and HSL 201°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B4E3FD#B4E3FD
HEX#B4E3FD
RGBrgb(180, 227, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.8902, 0.9922
RGB percentages70.6%, 89%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.4, 94.8%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 28.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK28.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,854,845
CSS custom property--colour: #B4E3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#4B1C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9DEAEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCEB4
Analogous#B4FDF3, #B4BEFD
Triadic#FDB4E3, #E3FDB4
Split complementary#FDB4BE, #FDF3B4
Tetradic#F3B4FD, #FDCEB4, #BFFDB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F6FE
Darker −10%#82D0FC
Darker −20%#51BEFA
Darker −30%#1FABF9
Darker −40%#0692DF
More saturated +25%#B2E4FF
Less saturated −25%#BEE0F3

Channel breakdown

R180
G227
B253
Red180 (70.6%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.37°
Saturation (HSL)94.81%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G E3 · B FD

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