Colour

#BBC9F0

#BBC9F0
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBC9F0 is a blue with RGB values 187, 201, 240 and HSL 224°, 64%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBC9F0#BBC9F0

HEX#BBC9F0

RGBrgb(187, 201, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7882, 0.9412

RGB percentages73.3%, 78.8%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(224.2, 63.9%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 22.1%, 94.1%)

CMYK22.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,306,928

CSS custom property--colour: #BBC9F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#44360F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BECCF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AED0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.8 Thistle · ΔE 15.2 Lavender · ΔE 15.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3 Light blue · ΔE 17.3 Sky blue · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0E2BB

Analogous#BBE3F0, #C8BBF0

Triadic#F0BBC9, #C9F0BB

Split complementary#F0C7BB, #E3F0BB

Tetradic#F0BBE3, #F0E2BB, #BBF0C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5EAF9

Darker −10%#91A8E7

Darker −20%#6787DE

Darker −30%#3E65D4

Darker −40%#284EB7

More saturated +25%#B1C4FA

Less saturated −25%#C5CEE6

Channel breakdown

R187

G201

B240

Red187 (73.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue224.15°

Saturation (HSL)63.86%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G C9 · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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