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Recognised as Colour

#B9E0FF

  • #B9E0FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#B9E0FF is a blue with RGB values 185, 224, 255 and HSL 207°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#B9E0FF#B9E0FF
HEX#B9E0FF
RGBrgb(185, 224, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8784, 1
RGB percentages72.5%, 87.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(206.6, 100%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.6, 27.5%, 100%)
CMYK27.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,181,759
CSS custom property--colour: #B9E0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#461F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A4E8EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 14Lavender · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD8B9
Analogous#B9FFFB, #B9BDFF
Triadic#FFB9E0, #E0FFB9
Split complementary#FFB9BD, #FFFBB9
Tetradic#FBB9FF, #FFD8B9, #BDFFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF7FF
Darker −10%#86C9FF
Darker −20%#53B3FF
Darker −30%#209CFF
Darker −40%#0083EC
More saturated +25%#B9E0FF
Less saturated −25%#C2DFF6

Channel breakdown

R185
G224
B255
Red185 (72.5%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue206.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G E0 · B FF

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