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Recognised as Colour

#BAC0EA

  • #BAC0EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAC0EA is a blue with RGB values 186, 192, 234 and HSL 233°, 53%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAC0EA#BAC0EA
HEX#BAC0EA
RGBrgb(186, 192, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7529, 0.9176
RGB percentages72.9%, 75.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(232.5, 53.3%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.5, 20.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,239,082
CSS custom property--colour: #BAC0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#453F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AFC7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Thistle · ΔE 14Lavender · ΔE 18.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 20.9Sky blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAE4BA
Analogous#BAD8EA, #CCBAEA
Triadic#EABAC0, #C0EABA
Split complementary#EACCBA, #D8EABA
Tetradic#EABAD8, #EAE4BA, #BAEACC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E4F6
Darker −10%#939CDE
Darker −20%#6C79D2
Darker −30%#4555C6
Darker −40%#3241A6
More saturated +25%#AFB8F5
Less saturated −25%#C5C8DF

Channel breakdown

R186
G192
B234
Red186 (72.9%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue232.5°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G C0 · B EA

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