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Recognised as Colour

#BBBDEA

  • #BBBDEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBBDEA is a blue with RGB values 187, 189, 234 and HSL 237°, 53%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBBDEA#BBBDEA
HEX#BBBDEA
RGBrgb(187, 189, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7412, 0.9176
RGB percentages73.3%, 74.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(237.4, 52.8%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.4, 20.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,850
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBDEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#444215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B1C5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Thistle · ΔE 14.3Lavender · ΔE 19.7Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Light blue · ΔE 23.2Sky blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAE8BB
Analogous#BBD5EA, #D0BBEA
Triadic#EABBBD, #BDEABB
Split complementary#EAD0BB, #D5EABB
Tetradic#EABBD5, #EAE8BB, #BBEAD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E3F6
Darker −10%#9497DE
Darker −20%#6D71D2
Darker −30%#464CC6
Darker −40%#3338A6
More saturated +25%#B0B3F5
Less saturated −25%#C6C7DF

Channel breakdown

R187
G189
B234
Red187 (73.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue237.45°
Saturation (HSL)52.81%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BD · B EA

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