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Recognised as Colour

#BBBACF

  • #BBBACF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBBACF is a blue with RGB values 187, 186, 207 and HSL 243°, 18%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBBACF#BBBACF
HEX#BBBACF
RGBrgb(187, 186, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7294, 0.8118
RGB percentages73.3%, 72.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(242.9, 17.9%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.9, 10.1%, 81.2%)
CMYK9.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,055
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBACF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#444530

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BCD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BBCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B7BDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.8Thistle · ΔE 9.7Silver · ΔE 11.4Dark grey · ΔE 13.3Light grey · ΔE 14.1Lavender · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CECFBA
Analogous#BAC3CF, #C5BACF
Triadic#CFBBBA, #BACFBB
Split complementary#CFC5BA, #C3CFBA
Tetradic#CFBAC3, #CECFBA, #BACFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F6F9
Lighter +10%#D9D8E4
Darker −10%#9D9CBA
Darker −20%#807EA5
Darker −30%#65628E
Darker −40%#4F4E6F
More saturated +25%#AEABDE
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R187
G186
B207
Red187 (73.3%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue242.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.95%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BA · B CF

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