Colour

#BAC8FF

#BAC8FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAC8FF is a blue with RGB values 186, 200, 255 and HSL 228°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAC8FF#BAC8FF

HEX#BAC8FF

RGBrgb(186, 200, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7843, 1

RGB percentages72.9%, 78.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(227.8, 100%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.8, 27.1%, 100%)

CMYK27.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,241,151

CSS custom property--colour: #BAC8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#453700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#A8D2DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16 Light skyblue · ΔE 18 Thistle · ΔE 20.3 Lavender · ΔE 21.9 Sky blue · ΔE 23.2 Light blue · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFF1BA

Analogous#BAEBFF, #CFBAFF

Triadic#FFBAC8, #C8FFBA

Split complementary#FFCFBA, #EBFFBA

Tetradic#FFBAEB, #FFF1BA, #BAFFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EDF1FF

Darker −10%#879FFF

Darker −20%#5477FF

Darker −30%#214EFF

Darker −40%#0030ED

More saturated +25%#BAC8FF

Less saturated −25%#C3CDF6

Channel breakdown

R186

G200

B255

Red186 (72.9%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue227.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G C8 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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