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Recognised as Colour

#BFC6E9

  • #BFC6E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFC6E9 is a blue with RGB values 191, 198, 233 and HSL 230°, 49%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFC6E9#BFC6E9
HEX#BFC6E9
RGBrgb(191, 198, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7765, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.9%, 77.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(230, 48.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 18%, 91.4%)
CMYK18%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,568,297
CSS custom property--colour: #BFC6E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.47:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#403916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC6E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B6CCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.9Thistle · ΔE 12.3Lavender · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 17.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7Silver · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E2BF
Analogous#BFDBE9, #CDBFE9
Triadic#E9BFC6, #C6E9BF
Split complementary#E9CDBF, #DBE9BF
Tetradic#E9BFDB, #E9E2BF, #BFE9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E8F6
Darker −10%#99A4DC
Darker −20%#7382CF
Darker −30%#4D61C2
Darker −40%#384AA4
More saturated +25%#B4BFF4
Less saturated −25%#CACDDE

Channel breakdown

R191
G198
B233
Red191 (74.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)48.84%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G C6 · B E9

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