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Recognised as Colour

#BBCDDB

  • #BBCDDB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBCDDB is a blue with RGB values 187, 205, 219 and HSL 206°, 31%, 80%. 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

#BBCDDB#BBCDDB
HEX#BBCDDB
RGBrgb(187, 205, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8039, 0.8588
RGB percentages73.3%, 80.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(206.2, 30.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.2, 14.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK14.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,307,931
CSS custom property--colour: #BBCDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#443224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C9DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 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 text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.2Light blue · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 10.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC9BB
Analogous#BBDBD9, #BBBDDB
Triadic#DBBBCD, #CDDBBB
Split complementary#DBBBBD, #DBD9BB
Tetradic#D9BBDB, #DBC9BB, #BDDBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCE6ED
Darker −10%#9AB4C9
Darker −20%#789CB8
Darker −30%#5883A5
Darker −40%#466984
More saturated +25%#AECFE8
Less saturated −25%#C8CBCE

Channel breakdown

R187
G205
B219
Red187 (73.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue206.25°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G CD · B DB

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