Colour

#BBBECB

#BBBECB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Silver

#BBBECB is a blue with RGB values 187, 190, 203 and HSL 229°, 13%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBBECB#BBBECB

HEX#BBBECB

RGBrgb(187, 190, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7451, 0.7961

RGB percentages73.3%, 74.5%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(228.7, 13.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228.7, 7.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK7.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,304,075

CSS custom property--colour: #BBBECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#444134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABECBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B8C0C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 8.9 Light grey · ΔE 10.2 Dark grey · ΔE 10.6 Thistle · ΔE 12.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CBC8BB

Analogous#BBC6CB, #C0BBCB

Triadic#CBBBBE, #BECBBB

Split complementary#CBC0BB, #C6CBBB

Tetradic#CBBBC6, #CBC8BB, #BBCBC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F5F7

Lighter +10%#D8DAE1

Darker −10%#9EA2B5

Darker −20%#81879F

Darker −30%#676D86

Darker −40%#515569

More saturated +25%#ACB5DA

Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R187

G190

B203

Red187 (73.3%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue228.75°

Saturation (HSL)13.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G BE · B CB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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