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Recognised as Colour

#B5C0DD

  • #B5C0DD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5C0DD is a blue with RGB values 181, 192, 221 and HSL 224°, 37%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5C0DD#B5C0DD
HEX#B5C0DD
RGBrgb(181, 192, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7529, 0.8667
RGB percentages71%, 75.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(223.5, 37%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 18.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK18.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,911,389
CSS custom property--colour: #B5C0DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.4 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#C0C0C0
Inverted#4A3F22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BFDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ACC5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 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 3.6Thistle · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 15.1Lavender · ΔE 15.4Silver · ΔE 15.9Light grey · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.6, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD2B5
Analogous#B5D4DD, #BEB5DD
Triadic#DDB5C0, #C0DDB5
Split complementary#DDBEB5, #D4DDB5
Tetradic#DDB5D4, #DDD2B5, #B5DDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCFD
Lighter +10%#D8DEED
Darker −10%#92A2CD
Darker −20%#6F84BD
Darker −30%#4E68AB
Darker −40%#3E5388
More saturated +25%#A8BAEB
Less saturated −25%#C3C6D0

Channel breakdown

R181
G192
B221
Red181 (71%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue223.5°
Saturation (HSL)37.04%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G C0 · B DD

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