Recognised as Colour

#BBD1FD

#BBD1FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBD1FD is a blue with RGB values 187, 209, 253 and HSL 220°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBD1FD#BBD1FD

HEX#BBD1FD

RGBrgb(187, 209, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8196, 0.9922

RGB percentages73.3%, 82%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(220, 94.3%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 26.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK26.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,308,989

CSS custom property--colour: #BBD1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.65:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#442E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

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

Tritanopia#AADAE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3 Lavender · ΔE 16.6 Sky blue · ΔE 17.7 Light blue · ΔE 18 Thistle · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDE7BB

Analogous#BBF2FD, #C6BBFD

Triadic#FDBBD1, #D1FDBB

Split complementary#FDC6BB, #F2FDBB

Tetradic#FDBBF2, #FDE7BB, #BBFDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EDF3FE

Darker −10%#89AFFC

Darker −20%#588EFA

Darker −30%#266CF9

Darker −40%#0751E5

More saturated +25%#B9D0FF

Less saturated −25%#C4D4F4

Channel breakdown

R187

G209

B253

Red187 (73.3%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)94.29%

Lightness86.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G D1 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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