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Recognised as Colour

#BBD5EB

  • #BBD5EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBD5EB is a blue with RGB values 187, 213, 235 and HSL 207°, 55%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBD5EB#BBD5EB
HEX#BBD5EB
RGBrgb(187, 213, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8353, 0.9216
RGB percentages73.3%, 83.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(207.5, 54.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 20.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK20.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,309,995
CSS custom property--colour: #BBD5EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64151WCAG 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 13.83:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#442A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AEDADCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 7.2Lavender · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD1BB
Analogous#BBEBE9, #BBBDEB
Triadic#EBBBD5, #D5EBBB
Split complementary#EBBBBD, #EBE9BB
Tetradic#E9BBEB, #EBD1BB, #BDEBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2EDF7
Darker −10%#94BDDF
Darker −20%#6CA4D4
Darker −30%#458CC8
Darker −40%#3272A8
More saturated +25%#B0D6F6
Less saturated −25%#C6D4E0

Channel breakdown

R187
G213
B235
Red187 (73.3%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue207.5°
Saturation (HSL)54.55%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G D5 · B EB

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