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Recognised as Colour

#B7C5F0

  • #B7C5F0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B7C5F0 is a blue with RGB values 183, 197, 240 and HSL 225°, 66%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B7C5F0#B7C5F0
HEX#B7C5F0
RGBrgb(183, 197, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7725, 0.9412
RGB percentages71.8%, 77.3%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(225.3, 65.5%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.3, 23.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK23.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,043,760
CSS custom property--colour: #B7C5F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.26:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#483A0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C8F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C4EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A9CDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Thistle · ΔE 16.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Lavender · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Light blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0E2B7
Analogous#B7E1F0, #C6B7F0
Triadic#F0B7C5, #C5F0B7
Split complementary#F0C5B7, #E2F0B7
Tetradic#F0B7E1, #F0E2B7, #B7F0C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E7F9
Darker −10%#8DA3E7
Darker −20%#6381DE
Darker −30%#385FD6
Darker −40%#2649B5
More saturated +25%#ACBFFB
Less saturated −25%#C2CBE5

Channel breakdown

R183
G197
B240
Red183 (71.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue225.26°
Saturation (HSL)65.52%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G C5 · B F0

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