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Recognised as Colour

#B6D6FE

  • #B6D6FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B6D6FE is a blue with RGB values 182, 214, 254 and HSL 213°, 97%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B6D6FE#B6D6FE
HEX#B6D6FE
RGBrgb(182, 214, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.8392, 0.9961
RGB percentages71.4%, 83.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(213.3, 97.3%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.3, 28.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK28.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,982,590
CSS custom property--colour: #B6D6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.04:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#492901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0D0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#A1DFE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 14.7Lavender · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDEB6
Analogous#B6FAFE, #BAB6FE
Triadic#FEB6D6, #D6FEB6
Split complementary#FEBAB6, #FAFEB6
Tetradic#FEB6FA, #FEDEB6, #B6FEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8F2FF
Darker −10%#84BAFD
Darker −20%#519DFD
Darker −30%#1F81FC
Darker −40%#0367E5
More saturated +25%#B5D6FF
Less saturated −25%#BFD7F5

Channel breakdown

R182
G214
B254
Red182 (71.4%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue213.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.3%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G D6 · B FE

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