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Colour

#BBBCFF

  • #BBBCFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#BBBCFF is a blue with RGB values 187, 188, 255 and HSL 239°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BBBCFF#BBBCFF
HEX#BBBCFF
RGBrgb(187, 188, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7373, 1
RGB percentages73.3%, 73.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(239.1, 100%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 26.7%, 100%)
CMYK26.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,615
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#444300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7C0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ABC8D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5Thistle · ΔE 23.9Light skyblue · ΔE 25.2Lavender · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFFEBB
Analogous#BBDEFF, #DCBBFF
Triadic#FFBBBC, #BCFFBB
Split complementary#FFDCBB, #DEFFBB
Tetradic#FFBBDE, #FFFEBB, #BBFFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEEEFF
Darker −10%#888AFF
Darker −20%#5558FF
Darker −30%#2225FF
Darker −40%#0003EE
More saturated +25%#BBBCFF
Less saturated −25%#C3C4F7

Channel breakdown

R187
G188
B255
Red187 (73.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue239.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BC · B FF

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