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Recognised as Colour

#B4E5FE

  • #B4E5FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B4E5FE is a blue with RGB values 180, 229, 254 and HSL 200°, 97%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B4E5FE#B4E5FE
HEX#B4E5FE
RGBrgb(180, 229, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.898, 0.9961
RGB percentages70.6%, 89.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(200.3, 97.4%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 29.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK29.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,855,358
CSS custom property--colour: #B4E5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#4B1A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9DECEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECDB4
Analogous#B4FEF2, #B4C0FE
Triadic#FEB4E5, #E5FEB4
Split complementary#FEB4C0, #FEF2B4
Tetradic#F2B4FE, #FECDB4, #C0FEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F6FF
Darker −10%#82D4FD
Darker −20%#4FC2FD
Darker −30%#1DB1FC
Darker −40%#0397E3
More saturated +25%#B3E5FF
Less saturated −25%#BEE2F5

Channel breakdown

R180
G229
B254
Red180 (70.6%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue200.27°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G E5 · B FE

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