Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BFCEE5

  • #BFCEE5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFCEE5 is a blue with RGB values 191, 206, 229 and HSL 216°, 42%, 82%. 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

#BFCEE5#BFCEE5
HEX#BFCEE5
RGBrgb(191, 206, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8078, 0.898
RGB percentages74.9%, 80.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(216.3, 42.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.3, 16.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK16.6%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,570,341
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#40311A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CFE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B6D3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 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 text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.5Light blue · ΔE 10.7Lavender · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 13.3Silver · ΔE 13.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D6BF
Analogous#BFE1E5, #C3BFE5
Triadic#E5BFCE, #CEE5BF
Split complementary#E5C3BF, #E1E5BF
Tetradic#E5BFE1, #E5D6BF, #BFE5C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3EAF4
Darker −10%#9BB2D6
Darker −20%#7696C8
Darker −30%#527BB9
Darker −40%#3E629A
More saturated +25%#B4CCF0
Less saturated −25%#CAD0DA

Channel breakdown

R191
G206
B229
Red191 (74.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue216.32°
Saturation (HSL)42.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CE · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bfcee5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.