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Recognised as Colour

#B5DDFA

  • #B5DDFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B5DDFA is a blue with RGB values 181, 221, 250 and HSL 205°, 87%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B5DDFA#B5DDFA
HEX#B5DDFA
RGBrgb(181, 221, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8667, 0.9804
RGB percentages71%, 86.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(205.2, 87.3%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.2, 27.6%, 98%)
CMYK27.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,918,842
CSS custom property--colour: #B5DDFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#4A2205

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DCFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A0E4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Sky blue · ΔE 11.2Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Lavender · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAD2B5
Analogous#B5FAF5, #B5BBFA
Triadic#FAB5DD, #DDFAB5
Split complementary#FAB5BB, #FAF5B5
Tetradic#F5B5FA, #FAD2B5, #BBFAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5F3FD
Darker −10%#85C7F7
Darker −20%#55B1F4
Darker −30%#269BF0
Darker −40%#0E81D5
More saturated +25%#B0DEFF
Less saturated −25%#BFDBF0

Channel breakdown

R181
G221
B250
Red181 (71%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue205.22°
Saturation (HSL)87.34%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G DD · B FA

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