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Colour

#BBC9F3

  • #BBC9F3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBC9F3 is a blue with RGB values 187, 201, 243 and HSL 225°, 70%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBC9F3#BBC9F3
HEX#BBC9F3
RGBrgb(187, 201, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7882, 0.9529
RGB percentages73.3%, 78.8%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(225, 70%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 23%, 95.3%)
CMYK23%, 17.3%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,306,931
CSS custom property--colour: #BBC9F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#44360C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCCF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C8F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ADD1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 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 text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Thistle · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Lavender · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 18.7Sky blue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3E5BB
Analogous#BBE5F3, #C9BBF3
Triadic#F3BBC9, #C9F3BB
Split complementary#F3C9BB, #E5F3BB
Tetradic#F3BBE5, #F3E5BB, #BBF3C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EBFB
Darker −10%#90A7EB
Darker −20%#6484E4
Darker −30%#3962DC
Darker −40%#2249C0
More saturated +25%#B1C4FD
Less saturated −25%#C5CEE9

Channel breakdown

R187
G201
B243
Red187 (73.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G C9 · B F3

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