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Colour

#BFD3F9

  • #BFD3F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFD3F9 is a blue with RGB values 191, 211, 249 and HSL 219°, 83%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFD3F9#BFD3F9
HEX#BFD3F9
RGBrgb(191, 211, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8275, 0.9765
RGB percentages74.9%, 82.7%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(219.3, 82.9%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 23.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK23.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,571,641
CSS custom property--colour: #BFD3F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#402C06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1D0F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B0DBDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Lavender · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 15.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Thistle · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9E5BF
Analogous#BFF0F9, #C8BFF9
Triadic#F9BFD3, #D3F9BF
Split complementary#F9C8BF, #F0F9BF
Tetradic#F9BFF0, #F9E5BF, #BFF9C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF3FD
Darker −10%#90B3F5
Darker −20%#6293F0
Darker −30%#3373EC
Darker −40%#1458D8
More saturated +25%#B9D1FF
Less saturated −25%#C8D6F0

Channel breakdown

R191
G211
B249
Red191 (74.9%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue219.31°
Saturation (HSL)82.86%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G D3 · B F9

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