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Recognised as Colour

#BFBDE2

  • #BFBDE2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFBDE2 is a blue with RGB values 191, 189, 226 and HSL 243°, 39%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFBDE2#BFBDE2
HEX#BFBDE2
RGBrgb(191, 189, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7412, 0.8863
RGB percentages74.9%, 74.1%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(243.2, 38.9%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 16.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK15.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,565,986
CSS custom property--colour: #BFBDE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#40421D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C0E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B8C3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 10.6Lavender · ΔE 16.9Silver · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 21Light grey · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E2BD
Analogous#BDCEE2, #D2BDE2
Triadic#E2BFBD, #BDE2BF
Split complementary#E2D2BD, #CEE2BD
Tetradic#E2BDCE, #E0E2BD, #BDE2D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E0F2
Darker −10%#9D9AD2
Darker −20%#7A76C3
Darker −30%#5853B3
Darker −40%#454093
More saturated +25%#B4B1EE
Less saturated −25%#CAC9D6

Channel breakdown

R191
G189
B226
Red191 (74.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue243.24°
Saturation (HSL)38.95%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G BD · B E2

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