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Recognised as Colour

#B7E5FF

  • #B7E5FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B7E5FF is a blue with RGB values 183, 229, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B7E5FF#B7E5FF
HEX#B7E5FF
RGBrgb(183, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages71.8%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.7, 100%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.7, 28.2%, 100%)
CMYK28.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,051,967
CSS custom property--colour: #B7E5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#481A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A1ECEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3Lavender · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD1B7
Analogous#B7FFF5, #B7C1FF
Triadic#FFB7E5, #E5FFB7
Split complementary#FFB7C1, #FFF5B7
Tetradic#F5B7FF, #FFD1B7, #C1FFB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF7FF
Darker −10%#84D3FF
Darker −20%#51C0FF
Darker −30%#1EAEFF
Darker −40%#0096EA
More saturated +25%#B7E5FF
Less saturated −25%#C0E3F6

Channel breakdown

R183
G229
B255
Red183 (71.8%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G E5 · B FF

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