Colour

#B5C8F3

#B5C8F3
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5C8F3 is a blue with RGB values 181, 200, 243 and HSL 222°, 72%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5C8F3#B5C8F3

HEX#B5C8F3

RGBrgb(181, 200, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7843, 0.9529

RGB percentages71%, 78.4%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(221.6, 72.1%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.6, 25.5%, 95.3%)

CMYK25.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,913,459

CSS custom property--colour: #B5C8F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.52:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#4A370C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBCBF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5C5F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A5D0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7 Thistle · ΔE 17.5 Lavender · ΔE 17.8 Sky blue · ΔE 17.9 Light blue · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F3E0B5

Analogous#B5E7F3, #C1B5F3

Triadic#F3B5C8, #C8F3B5

Split complementary#F3C1B5, #E7F3B5

Tetradic#F3B5E7, #F3E0B5, #B5F3C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E1E9FA

Darker −10%#89A7EC

Darker −20%#5D87E5

Darker −30%#3166DE

Darker −40%#1F4FBD

More saturated +25%#AAC4FE

Less saturated −25%#C0CCE8

Channel breakdown

R181

G200

B243

Red181 (71%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue221.61°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G C8 · B F3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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