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Colour

#B5BEED

  • #B5BEED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5BEED is a blue with RGB values 181, 190, 237 and HSL 230°, 61%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5BEED#B5BEED
HEX#B5BEED
RGBrgb(181, 190, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7451, 0.9294
RGB percentages71%, 74.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(230.4, 60.9%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.4, 23.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK23.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,910,893
CSS custom property--colour: #B5BEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#4A4112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A8C7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Thistle · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Lavender · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 22Light blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE4B5
Analogous#B5DAED, #C8B5ED
Triadic#EDB5BE, #BEEDB5
Split complementary#EDC8B5, #DAEDB5
Tetradic#EDB5DA, #EDE4B5, #B5EDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE2F7
Darker −10%#8C9AE3
Darker −20%#6376D9
Darker −30%#3A52CF
Darker −40%#2A3FAC
More saturated +25%#AAB6F9
Less saturated −25%#C1C6E2

Channel breakdown

R181
G190
B237
Red181 (71%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue230.36°
Saturation (HSL)60.87%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G BE · B ED

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