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Recognised as Colour

#B9D7FD

  • #B9D7FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#B9D7FD is a blue with RGB values 185, 215, 253 and HSL 214°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#B9D7FD#B9D7FD
HEX#B9D7FD
RGBrgb(185, 215, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8431, 0.9922
RGB percentages72.5%, 84.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(213.5, 94.4%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 26.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.9%, 15%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,179,453
CSS custom property--colour: #B9D7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#462802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A6DFE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Lavender · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDFB9
Analogous#B9F9FD, #BDB9FD
Triadic#FDB9D7, #D7FDB9
Split complementary#FDBDB9, #F9FDB9
Tetradic#FDB9F9, #FDDFB9, #B9FDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF3FE
Darker −10%#87BBFC
Darker −20%#569EFA
Darker −30%#2482F9
Darker −40%#0668E4
More saturated +25%#B7D7FF
Less saturated −25%#C2D8F4

Channel breakdown

R185
G215
B253
Red185 (72.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue213.53°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G D7 · B FD

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