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Recognised as Colour

#BBCBEF

  • #BBCBEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBCBEF is a blue with RGB values 187, 203, 239 and HSL 222°, 62%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBCBEF#BBCBEF
HEX#BBCBEF
RGBrgb(187, 203, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7961, 0.9373
RGB percentages73.3%, 79.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(221.5, 61.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 21.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK21.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,307,439
CSS custom property--colour: #BBCBEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#443410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CDF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC9EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#AED2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Lavender · ΔE 14.3Thistle · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDFBB
Analogous#BBE5EF, #C5BBEF
Triadic#EFBBCB, #CBEFBB
Split complementary#EFC5BB, #E5EFBB
Tetradic#EFBBE5, #EFDFBB, #BBEFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4EBF9
Darker −10%#92ABE5
Darker −20%#688CDC
Darker −30%#3F6CD2
Darker −40%#2A55B4
More saturated +25%#B0C7FA
Less saturated −25%#C5CFE4

Channel breakdown

R187
G203
B239
Red187 (73.3%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G CB · B EF

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