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Recognised as Colour

#BBBCCA

  • #BBBCCA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BBBCCA is a blue with RGB values 187, 188, 202 and HSL 236°, 12%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBBCCA#BBBCCA
HEX#BBBCCA
RGBrgb(187, 188, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7373, 0.7922
RGB percentages73.3%, 73.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(236, 12.4%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236, 7.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK7.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,562
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBCCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#444335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BDCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BCCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B8BEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 9Dark grey · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAC9BB
Analogous#BBC4CA, #C1BBCA
Triadic#CABBBC, #BCCABB
Split complementary#CAC1BB, #C4CABB
Tetradic#CABBC4, #CAC9BB, #BBCAC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F4F7
Lighter +10%#D8D8E0
Darker −10%#9EA0B4
Darker −20%#82849D
Darker −30%#676985
Darker −40%#515368
More saturated +25%#ACAFD9
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R187
G188
B202
Red187 (73.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue236°
Saturation (HSL)12.4%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BC · B CA

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