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Recognised as Colour

#B5CAEF

  • #B5CAEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B5CAEF is a blue with RGB values 181, 202, 239 and HSL 218°, 64%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B5CAEF#B5CAEF
HEX#B5CAEF
RGBrgb(181, 202, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.7922, 0.9373
RGB percentages71%, 79.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(218.3, 64.4%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 24.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK24.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,913,967
CSS custom property--colour: #B5CAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#4A3510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#A6D1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 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 text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 15.2Lavender · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDAB5
Analogous#B5E7EF, #BDB5EF
Triadic#EFB5CA, #CAEFB5
Split complementary#EFBDB5, #E7EFB5
Tetradic#EFB5E7, #EFDAB5, #B5EFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE8F8
Darker −10%#8BACE6
Darker −20%#618EDD
Darker −30%#3770D4
Darker −40%#2659B2
More saturated +25%#AAC7FA
Less saturated −25%#C0CDE4

Channel breakdown

R181
G202
B239
Red181 (71%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue218.28°
Saturation (HSL)64.44%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G CA · B EF

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