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Recognised as Colour

#B7E4FD

  • #B7E4FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B7E4FD is a blue with RGB values 183, 228, 253 and HSL 201°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B7E4FD#B7E4FD
HEX#B7E4FD
RGBrgb(183, 228, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.8941, 0.9922
RGB percentages71.8%, 89.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.4, 94.6%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 27.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK27.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,051,709
CSS custom property--colour: #B7E4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.53:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#481B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2EBECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Lavender · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD0B7
Analogous#B7FDF3, #B7C1FD
Triadic#FDB7E4, #E4FDB7
Split complementary#FDB7C1, #FDF3B7
Tetradic#F3B7FD, #FDD0B7, #C1FDB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F7FE
Darker −10%#85D1FC
Darker −20%#54BFFA
Darker −30%#22ACF9
Darker −40%#0693E2
More saturated +25%#B5E5FF
Less saturated −25%#C0E1F4

Channel breakdown

R183
G228
B253
Red183 (71.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.43°
Saturation (HSL)94.59%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G E4 · B FD

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