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Recognised as Colour

#B5B3EB

  • #B5B3EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5B3EB is a blue with RGB values 181, 179, 235 and HSL 242°, 58%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5B3EB#B5B3EB
HEX#B5B3EB
RGBrgb(181, 179, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.702, 0.9216
RGB percentages71%, 70.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(242.1, 58.3%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.1, 23.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK23%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,908,075
CSS custom property--colour: #B5B3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#4A4C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5BAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B7EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A9BDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 19.2Plum · ΔE 20.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4Lavender · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9EBB3
Analogous#B3CDEB, #D1B3EB
Triadic#EBB5B3, #B3EBB5
Split complementary#EBD1B3, #CDEBB3
Tetradic#EBB3CD, #E9EBB3, #B3EBD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCDBF6
Darker −10%#8E8BE0
Darker −20%#6662D6
Darker −30%#3F3ACB
Darker −40%#302CA6
More saturated +25%#AAA7F7
Less saturated −25%#C0BFDF

Channel breakdown

R181
G179
B235
Red181 (71%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue242.14°
Saturation (HSL)58.33%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G B3 · B EB

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