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Recognised as Colour

#BBCDEF

  • #BBCDEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBCDEF is a blue with RGB values 187, 205, 239 and HSL 219°, 62%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBCDEF#BBCDEF
HEX#BBCDEF
RGBrgb(187, 205, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8039, 0.9373
RGB percentages73.3%, 80.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(219.2, 61.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.2, 21.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK21.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,307,951
CSS custom property--colour: #BBCDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.09:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#443210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCAEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AED4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.6Lavender · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Thistle · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDDBB
Analogous#BBE7EF, #C3BBEF
Triadic#EFBBCD, #CDEFBB
Split complementary#EFC3BB, #E7EFBB
Tetradic#EFBBE7, #EFDDBB, #BBEFC3

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%#92AFE5
Darker −20%#6890DC
Darker −30%#3F72D2
Darker −40%#2A5AB4
More saturated +25%#B0CAFA
Less saturated −25%#C5D0E4

Channel breakdown

R187
G205
B239
Red187 (73.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue219.23°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G CD · B EF

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