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Recognised as Colour

#BFCBED

  • #BFCBED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFCBED is a blue with RGB values 191, 203, 237 and HSL 224°, 56%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFCBED#BFCBED
HEX#BFCBED
RGBrgb(191, 203, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7961, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.9%, 79.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(224.3, 56.1%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 19.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,569,581
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.98:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#403412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B4D1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.1Lavender · ΔE 13.2Thistle · ΔE 13.7Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE1BF
Analogous#BFE2ED, #CABFED
Triadic#EDBFCB, #CBEDBF
Split complementary#EDCABF, #E2EDBF
Tetradic#EDBFE2, #EDE1BF, #BFEDCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EBF8
Darker −10%#97ABE2
Darker −20%#6F8AD7
Darker −30%#486ACB
Darker −40%#3152AF
More saturated +25%#B5C6F7
Less saturated −25%#C9D0E3

Channel breakdown

R191
G203
B237
Red191 (74.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue224.35°
Saturation (HSL)56.1%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CB · B ED

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