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Colour

#BBDDFF

  • #BBDDFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBDDFF is a blue with RGB values 187, 221, 255 and HSL 210°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBDDFF#BBDDFF
HEX#BBDDFF
HEX (short)#BDF
RGBrgb(187, 221, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8667, 1
RGB percentages73.3%, 86.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(210, 100%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 26.7%, 100%)
CMYK26.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,312,063
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#442200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8E5E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Lavender · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDDBB
Analogous#BBFFFF, #BBBBFF
Triadic#FFBBDD, #DDFFBB
Split complementary#FFBBBB, #FFFFBB
Tetradic#FFBBFF, #FFDDBB, #BBFFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF7FF
Darker −10%#88C4FF
Darker −20%#55AAFF
Darker −30%#2291FF
Darker −40%#0077EE
More saturated +25%#BBDDFF
Less saturated −25%#C3DDF7

Channel breakdown

R187
G221
B255
Red187 (73.3%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G DD · B FF

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