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Recognised as Colour

#BFCCFB

  • #BFCCFB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFCCFB is a blue with RGB values 191, 204, 251 and HSL 227°, 88%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFCCFB#BFCCFB
HEX#BFCCFB
RGBrgb(191, 204, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8, 0.9843
RGB percentages74.9%, 80%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(227, 88.2%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227, 23.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK23.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,569,851
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCCFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#403304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BED0FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACBFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0D5DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17Thistle · ΔE 17.3Lavender · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Light blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBEEBF
Analogous#BFEAFB, #D0BFFB
Triadic#FBBFCC, #CCFBBF
Split complementary#FBD0BF, #EAFBBF
Tetradic#FBBFEA, #FBEEBF, #BFFBD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF2FE
Darker −10%#8FA6F8
Darker −20%#5F80F5
Darker −30%#2F59F2
Darker −40%#0E3CE0
More saturated +25%#BBCAFF
Less saturated −25%#C8D1F3

Channel breakdown

R191
G204
B251
Red191 (74.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue227°
Saturation (HSL)88.24%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CC · B FB

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