Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#B7CAEF

  • #B7CAEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B7CAEF is a blue with RGB values 183, 202, 239 and HSL 220°, 64%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B7CAEF#B7CAEF
HEX#B7CAEF
RGBrgb(183, 202, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7922, 0.9373
RGB percentages71.8%, 79.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(219.6, 63.6%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.6, 23.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK23.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,045,039
CSS custom property--colour: #B7CAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#483510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A9D1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDCB7
Analogous#B7E6EF, #C0B7EF
Triadic#EFB7CA, #CAEFB7
Split complementary#EFC0B7, #E6EFB7
Tetradic#EFB7E6, #EFDCB7, #B7EFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E9F8
Darker −10%#8DABE6
Darker −20%#648DDC
Darker −30%#3A6ED3
Darker −40%#2857B2
More saturated +25%#ACC6FA
Less saturated −25%#C2CEE4

Channel breakdown

R183
G202
B239
Red183 (71.8%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue219.64°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G CA · B EF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b7caef” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.