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Colour

#B5C8FD

  • #B5C8FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5C8FD is a blue with RGB values 181, 200, 253 and HSL 224°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5C8FD#B5C8FD
HEX#B5C8FD
RGBrgb(181, 200, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7843, 0.9922
RGB percentages71%, 78.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(224.2, 94.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 28.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK28.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,913,469
CSS custom property--colour: #B5C8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#4A3702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2D2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 20.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Lavender · ΔE 21.5Light blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEAB5
Analogous#B5ECFD, #C6B5FD
Triadic#FDB5C8, #C8FDB5
Split complementary#FDC6B5, #ECFDB5
Tetradic#FDB5EC, #FDEAB5, #B5FDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EDFE
Darker −10%#83A3FC
Darker −20%#527EFA
Darker −30%#2059F9
Darker −40%#0640E0
More saturated +25%#B3C7FF
Less saturated −25%#BFCCF4

Channel breakdown

R181
G200
B253
Red181 (71%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue224.17°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G C8 · B FD

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