Colour

#B6BED5

#B6BED5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#B6BED5 is a blue with RGB values 182, 190, 213 and HSL 225°, 27%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

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HEX#B6BED5

RGBrgb(182, 190, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.7451, 0.8353

RGB percentages71.4%, 74.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(224.5, 27%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 14.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK14.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,976,405

CSS custom property--colour: #B6BED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.32:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#49412A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8C0D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5BDD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AFC2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4 Thistle · ΔE 12.2 Silver · ΔE 12.6 Light blue · ΔE 14.5 Light grey · ΔE 14.7 Dark grey · ΔE 14.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.43, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5CDB6

Analogous#B6CED5, #BDB6D5

Triadic#D5B6BE, #BED5B6

Split complementary#D5BEB6, #CED5B6

Tetradic#D5B6CE, #D5CDB6, #B6D5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F8FA

Lighter +10%#D6DBE8

Darker −10%#96A1C2

Darker −20%#7584B0

Darker −30%#58699A

Darker −40%#465379

More saturated +25%#A8B7E3

Less saturated −25%#C4C5C7

Channel breakdown

R182

G190

B213

Red182 (71.4%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue224.52°

Saturation (HSL)26.96%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B6 · G BE · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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