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Recognised as Colour

#BAC8F0

  • #BAC8F0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAC8F0 is a blue with RGB values 186, 200, 240 and HSL 224°, 64%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAC8F0#BAC8F0
HEX#BAC8F0
RGBrgb(186, 200, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7843, 0.9412
RGB percentages72.9%, 78.4%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(224.4, 64.3%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 22.5%, 94.1%)
CMYK22.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,241,136
CSS custom property--colour: #BAC8F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.61:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#45370F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCCBF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ADD0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Light blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0E2BA
Analogous#BAE3F0, #C7BAF0
Triadic#F0BAC8, #C8F0BA
Split complementary#F0C7BA, #E3F0BA
Tetradic#F0BAE3, #F0E2BA, #BAF0C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4E9F9
Darker −10%#90A7E7
Darker −20%#6685DE
Darker −30%#3C64D5
Darker −40%#284DB6
More saturated +25%#AFC3FB
Less saturated −25%#C4CDE5

Channel breakdown

R186
G200
B240
Red186 (72.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue224.44°
Saturation (HSL)64.29%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G C8 · B F0

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