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Recognised as Colour

#BFCAFF

  • #BFCAFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFCAFF is a blue with RGB values 191, 202, 255 and HSL 230°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFCAFF#BFCAFF
HEX#BFCAFF
RGBrgb(191, 202, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7922, 1
RGB percentages74.9%, 79.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(229.7, 100%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.7, 25.1%, 100%)
CMYK25.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,569,343
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.11:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#403500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBCFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7CAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFD4DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Thistle · ΔE 19Lavender · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 23.3Light blue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF4BF
Analogous#BFEAFF, #D4BFFF
Triadic#FFBFCA, #CAFFBF
Split complementary#FFD4BF, #EAFFBF
Tetradic#FFBFEA, #FFF4BF, #BFFFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F4FF
Darker −10%#8CA0FF
Darker −20%#5976FF
Darker −30%#264BFF
Darker −40%#002AF2
More saturated +25%#BFCAFF
Less saturated −25%#C7CFF7

Channel breakdown

R191
G202
B255
Red191 (74.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue229.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CA · B FF

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