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Recognised as Colour

#BFC0D5

  • #BFC0D5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFC0D5 is a blue with RGB values 191, 192, 213 and HSL 237°, 21%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFC0D5#BFC0D5
HEX#BFC0D5
RGBrgb(191, 192, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7529, 0.8353
RGB percentages74.9%, 75.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(237.3, 20.8%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.3, 10.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK10.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,566,741
CSS custom property--colour: #BFC0D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5358WCAG 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 11.72:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#403F2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC2D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC1D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BBC3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Thistle · ΔE 9.8Silver · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 12.9Lavender · ΔE 13.6Dark grey · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5D4BF
Analogous#BFCBD5, #C9BFD5
Triadic#D5BFC0, #C0D5BF
Split complementary#D5C9BF, #CBD5BF
Tetradic#D5BFCB, #D5D4BF, #BFD5C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFD
Lighter +10%#DEDEE9
Darker −10%#A0A2C1
Darker −20%#8183AD
Darker −30%#636698
Darker −40%#4F5179
More saturated +25%#B2B4E2
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R191
G192
B213
Red191 (74.9%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue237.27°
Saturation (HSL)20.75%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G C0 · B D5

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