Colour

#BBCEF4

#BBCEF4
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBCEF4 is a blue with RGB values 187, 206, 244 and HSL 220°, 72%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBCEF4#BBCEF4

HEX#BBCEF4

RGBrgb(187, 206, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8078, 0.9569

RGB percentages73.3%, 80.8%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(220, 72.2%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 23.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK23.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,308,212

CSS custom property--colour: #BBCEF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#44310B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2D0F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDCBF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ACD6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5 Lavender · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9 Light blue · ΔE 15.7 Thistle · ΔE 16.5 Sky blue · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F4E1BB

Analogous#BBEBF4, #C5BBF4

Triadic#F4BBCE, #CEF4BB

Split complementary#F4C5BB, #EBF4BB

Tetradic#F4BBEB, #F4E1BB, #BBF4C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E7EEFB

Darker −10%#8FAEED

Darker −20%#638FE6

Darker −30%#376FDF

Darker −40%#2056C3

More saturated +25%#B1CBFE

Less saturated −25%#C5D1EA

Channel breakdown

R187

G206

B244

Red187 (73.3%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)72.15%

Lightness84.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G CE · B F4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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