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Recognised as Colour

#B6BDD3

  • #B6BDD3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B6BDD3 is a blue with RGB values 182, 189, 211 and HSL 226°, 25%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B6BDD3#B6BDD3
HEX#B6BDD3
RGBrgb(182, 189, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.7412, 0.8275
RGB percentages71.4%, 74.1%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(225.5, 24.8%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 13.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK13.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,976,147
CSS custom property--colour: #B6BDD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.21:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#49422C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BFD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BCD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0C1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5Thistle · ΔE 12Silver · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3CCB6
Analogous#B6CBD3, #BDB6D3
Triadic#D3B6BD, #BDD3B6
Split complementary#D3BDB6, #CBD3B6
Tetradic#D3B6CB, #D3CCB6, #B6D3BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F7F9
Lighter +10%#D6DAE6
Darker −10%#96A0C0
Darker −20%#7683AD
Darker −30%#5A6996
Darker −40%#475276
More saturated +25%#A7B5E2
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R182
G189
B211
Red182 (71.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue225.52°
Saturation (HSL)24.79%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G BD · B D3

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