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Recognised as Colour

#B9C1DE

  • #B9C1DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B9C1DE is a blue with RGB values 185, 193, 222 and HSL 227°, 36%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B9C1DE#B9C1DE
HEX#B9C1DE
RGBrgb(185, 193, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.7569, 0.8706
RGB percentages72.5%, 75.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(227, 35.9%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227, 16.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK16.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,173,790
CSS custom property--colour: #B9C1DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#463E21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B1C6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Thistle · ΔE 11.9Lavender · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 15.7Light grey · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.43, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DED6B9
Analogous#B9D3DE, #C4B9DE
Triadic#DEB9C1, #C1DEB9
Split complementary#DEC4B9, #D4DEB9
Tetradic#DEB9D3, #DED6B9, #B9DEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#DCE0EE
Darker −10%#96A2CE
Darker −20%#7484BD
Darker −30%#5165AD
Darker −40%#41518A
More saturated +25%#ACBAEB
Less saturated −25%#C6C8D1

Channel breakdown

R185
G193
B222
Red185 (72.5%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue227.03°
Saturation (HSL)35.92%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G C1 · B DE

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