Recognised as Colour

#BBCDE5

#BBCDE5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBCDE5 is a blue with RGB values 187, 205, 229 and HSL 214°, 45%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBCDE5#BBCDE5

HEX#BBCDE5

RGBrgb(187, 205, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8039, 0.898

RGB percentages73.3%, 80.4%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(214.3, 44.7%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 18.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK18.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,307,941

CSS custom property--colour: #BBCDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.98:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#44321A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5CEE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C9E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B1D2D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.6 Light blue · ΔE 10.3 Lavender · ΔE 11.9 Light grey · ΔE 14.2 Silver · ΔE 14.5 Powder blue · ΔE 14.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.58, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5D3BB

Analogous#BBE2E5, #BEBBE5

Triadic#E5BBCD, #CDE5BB

Split complementary#E5BEBB, #E2E5BB

Tetradic#E5BBE2, #E5D3BB, #BBE5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E0E8F3

Darker −10%#96B2D7

Darker −20%#7197C9

Darker −30%#4C7CBB

Darker −40%#3B6399

More saturated +25%#AFCBF1

Less saturated −25%#C7CFD9

Channel breakdown

R187

G205

B229

Red187 (73.3%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue214.29°

Saturation (HSL)44.68%

Lightness81.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G CD · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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