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Recognised as Colour

#B7BED5

  • #B7BED5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B7BED5 is a blue with RGB values 183, 190, 213 and HSL 226°, 26%, 78%. 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

#B7BED5#B7BED5
HEX#B7BED5
RGBrgb(183, 190, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7451, 0.8353
RGB percentages71.8%, 74.5%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(226, 26.3%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 14.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK14.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,041,941
CSS custom property--colour: #B7BED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#48412A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C0D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BDD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0C2C5no 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 text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.7Thistle · ΔE 11.8Silver · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 14.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.72, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5CEB7
Analogous#B7CDD5, #BFB7D5
Triadic#D5B7BE, #BED5B7
Split complementary#D5BFB7, #CDD5B7
Tetradic#D5B7CD, #D5CEB7, #B7D5BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F8FB
Lighter +10%#D7DBE8
Darker −10%#97A1C2
Darker −20%#7784AF
Darker −30%#5A6899
Darker −40%#475379
More saturated +25%#A9B6E3
Less saturated −25%#C5C6C7

Channel breakdown

R183
G190
B213
Red183 (71.8%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue226°
Saturation (HSL)26.32%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G BE · B D5

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