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Recognised as Colour

#B5BED4

  • #B5BED4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5BED4 is a blue with RGB values 181, 190, 212 and HSL 223°, 26%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5BED4#B5BED4
HEX#B5BED4
RGBrgb(181, 190, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7451, 0.8314
RGB percentages71%, 74.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(222.6, 26.5%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 14.6%, 83.1%)
CMYK14.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,910,868
CSS custom property--colour: #B5BED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.28:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#4A412B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BFD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BDD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AEC2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Silver · ΔE 12.2Thistle · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.37, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4CBB5
Analogous#B5CDD4, #BCB5D4
Triadic#D4B5BE, #BED4B5
Split complementary#D4BCB5, #CDD4B5
Tetradic#D4B5CE, #D4CBB5, #B5D4BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F7F9
Lighter +10%#D5DAE7
Darker −10%#95A2C1
Darker −20%#7485AF
Darker −30%#586B98
Darker −40%#455478
More saturated +25%#A6B8E3
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C5

Channel breakdown

R181
G190
B212
Red181 (71%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue222.58°
Saturation (HSL)26.5%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G BE · B D4

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