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Recognised as Colour

#B8DDFB

  • #B8DDFB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B8DDFB is a blue with RGB values 184, 221, 251 and HSL 207°, 89%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8DDFB#B8DDFB
HEX#B8DDFB
RGBrgb(184, 221, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8667, 0.9843
RGB percentages72.2%, 86.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(206.9, 89.3%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.9, 26.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK26.7%, 12%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,115,451
CSS custom property--colour: #B8DDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#472204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DCFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A5E4E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Lavender · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD6B8
Analogous#B8FBF8, #B8BBFB
Triadic#FBB8DD, #DDFBB8
Split complementary#FBB8BB, #FBF7B8
Tetradic#F8B8FB, #FBD6B8, #BCFBB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8F4FE
Darker −10%#88C6F8
Darker −20%#57AFF6
Darker −30%#2798F3
Darker −40%#0C7EDB
More saturated +25%#B4DDFF
Less saturated −25%#C1DCF2

Channel breakdown

R184
G221
B251
Red184 (72.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue206.87°
Saturation (HSL)89.33%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G DD · B FB

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