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Recognised as Colour

#BBBEFD

  • #BBBEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBBEFD is a blue with RGB values 187, 190, 253 and HSL 237°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBBEFD#BBBEFD
HEX#BBBEFD
RGBrgb(187, 190, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7451, 0.9922
RGB percentages73.3%, 74.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(237.3, 94.3%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.3, 26.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,304,125
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.9:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#444102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAC1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#ABC9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1Thistle · ΔE 22.2Plum · ΔE 22.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Lavender · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 21.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDFABB
Analogous#BBDFFD, #D9BBFD
Triadic#FDBBBE, #BEFDBB
Split complementary#FDD9BB, #DFFDBB
Tetradic#FDBBDF, #FDFABB, #BBFDD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDEDFE
Darker −10%#898FFC
Darker −20%#585FFA
Darker −30%#2630F9
Darker −40%#0711E5
More saturated +25%#B9BCFF
Less saturated −25%#C4C6F4

Channel breakdown

R187
G190
B253
Red187 (73.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue237.27°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BE · B FD

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