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Colour

#B6BDC8

  • #B6BDC8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#B6BDC8 is a blue with RGB values 182, 189, 200 and HSL 217°, 14%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#B6BDC8#B6BDC8
HEX#B6BDC8
RGBrgb(182, 189, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.7412, 0.7843
RGB percentages71.4%, 74.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(216.7, 14.1%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.7, 9%, 78.4%)
CMYK9%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,976,136
CSS custom property--colour: #B6BDC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#494237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABDC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BCC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B2BFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Dark grey · ΔE 9.6Light grey · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8C1B6
Analogous#B6C6C8, #B8B6C8
Triadic#C8B6BD, #BDC8B6
Split complementary#C8B8B6, #C6C8B6
Tetradic#C8B6C6, #C8C1B6, #B6C8B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F2F4
Lighter +10%#D3D7DE
Darker −10%#99A3B2
Darker −20%#7C889C
Darker −30%#626F83
Darker −40%#4C5666
More saturated +25%#A6B9D8
Less saturated −25%#BFBFBF

Channel breakdown

R182
G189
B200
Red182 (71.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue216.67°
Saturation (HSL)14.06%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G BD · B C8

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