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Recognised as Colour

#B7C5E6

  • #B7C5E6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B7C5E6 is a blue with RGB values 183, 197, 230 and HSL 222°, 48%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B7C5E6#B7C5E6
HEX#B7C5E6
RGBrgb(183, 197, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7725, 0.902
RGB percentages71.8%, 77.3%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(222.1, 48.5%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 20.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK20.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,043,750
CSS custom property--colour: #B7C5E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#483A19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC7E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ACCBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.5Thistle · ΔE 14.1Lavender · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.48, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6D8B7
Analogous#B7DDE6, #C1B7E6
Triadic#E6B7C5, #C5E6B7
Split complementary#E6C1B7, #DCE6B7
Tetradic#E6B7DC, #E6D8B7, #B7E6C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDE3F3
Darker −10%#91A7D9
Darker −20%#6B88CC
Darker −30%#456ABF
Darker −40%#36549B
More saturated +25%#ABC0F2
Less saturated −25%#C3CADA

Channel breakdown

R183
G197
B230
Red183 (71.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue222.13°
Saturation (HSL)48.45%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G C5 · B E6

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