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Recognised as Colour

#B8C2ED

  • #B8C2ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B8C2ED is a blue with RGB values 184, 194, 237 and HSL 229°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B8C2ED#B8C2ED
HEX#B8C2ED
RGBrgb(184, 194, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.7608, 0.9294
RGB percentages72.2%, 76.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(228.7, 59.6%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.7, 22.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK22.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,108,525
CSS custom property--colour: #B8C2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#473D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C2ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ABCAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Thistle · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Lavender · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE3B8
Analogous#B8DDED, #C9B8ED
Triadic#EDB8C2, #C2EDB8
Split complementary#EDC9B8, #DDEDB8
Tetradic#EDB8DC, #EDE3B8, #B8EDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E5F7
Darker −10%#8F9FE3
Darker −20%#677CD8
Darker −30%#3E59CE
Darker −40%#2C44AD
More saturated +25%#ADBBF8
Less saturated −25%#C3C9E2

Channel breakdown

R184
G194
B237
Red184 (72.2%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue228.68°
Saturation (HSL)59.55%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G C2 · B ED

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