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Recognised as Colour

#B8DFFF

  • #B8DFFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B8DFFF is a blue with RGB values 184, 223, 255 and HSL 207°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B8DFFF#B8DFFF
HEX#B8DFFF
RGBrgb(184, 223, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.8745, 1
RGB percentages72.2%, 87.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(207, 100%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 27.8%, 100%)
CMYK27.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,115,967
CSS custom property--colour: #B8DFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#472000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A3E7E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Lavender · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD8B8
Analogous#B8FFFC, #B8BCFF
Triadic#FFB8DF, #DFFFB8
Split complementary#FFB8BC, #FFFCB8
Tetradic#FCB8FF, #FFD8B8, #BCFFB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF6FF
Darker −10%#85C8FF
Darker −20%#52B1FF
Darker −30%#1F9AFF
Darker −40%#0081EB
More saturated +25%#B8DFFF
Less saturated −25%#C1DEF6

Channel breakdown

R184
G223
B255
Red184 (72.2%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue207.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G DF · B FF

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