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Recognised as Colour

#BBBFDF

  • #BBBFDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBBFDF is a blue with RGB values 187, 191, 223 and HSL 233°, 36%, 80%. 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

#BBBFDF#BBBFDF
HEX#BBBFDF
RGBrgb(187, 191, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.749, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.3%, 74.9%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(233.3, 36%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 16.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK16.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,304,351
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#444020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C2E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C0DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B3C4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 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 text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Thistle · ΔE 11.1Lavender · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 17.2Light blue · ΔE 17.7Light grey · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDBBB
Analogous#BBD1DF, #C9BBDF
Triadic#DFBBBF, #BFDFBB
Split complementary#DFC9BB, #D1DFBB
Tetradic#DFBBD1, #DFDBBB, #BBDFC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE0EF
Darker −10%#989ECF
Darker −20%#767EBE
Darker −30%#535DAE
Darker −40%#424A8C
More saturated +25%#AFB5EC
Less saturated −25%#C8C9D3

Channel breakdown

R187
G191
B223
Red187 (73.3%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue233.33°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BF · B DF

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