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Recognised as Colour

#BBBBDF

  • #BBBBDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBBBDF is a blue with RGB values 187, 187, 223 and HSL 240°, 36%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBBBDF#BBBBDF
HEX#BBBBDF
RGBrgb(187, 187, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7333, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.3%, 73.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(240, 36%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 16.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK16.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,327
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBBDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#444420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BFE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B4C1C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Thistle · ΔE 11Lavender · ΔE 17.4Silver · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 20.4Light grey · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDFBB
Analogous#BBCDDF, #CDBBDF
Triadic#DFBBBB, #BBDFBB
Split complementary#DFCDBB, #CDDFBB
Tetradic#DFBBCD, #DFDFBB, #BBDFCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEDEEF
Darker −10%#9898CF
Darker −20%#7676BE
Darker −30%#5353AE
Darker −40%#42428C
More saturated +25%#AFAFEC
Less saturated −25%#C8C8D3

Channel breakdown

R187
G187
B223
Red187 (73.3%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BB · B DF

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