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Recognised as Colour

#BFD5F8

  • #BFD5F8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFD5F8 is a blue with RGB values 191, 213, 248 and HSL 217°, 80%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFD5F8#BFD5F8
HEX#BFD5F8
RGBrgb(191, 213, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8353, 0.9725
RGB percentages74.9%, 83.5%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(216.8, 80.3%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 23%, 97.3%)
CMYK23%, 14.1%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,572,152
CSS custom property--colour: #BFD5F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#402A07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4D1F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B0DCE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Lavender · ΔE 12.7Light blue · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8E2BF
Analogous#BFF1F8, #C6BFF8
Triadic#F8BFD5, #D5F8BF
Split complementary#F8C5BF, #F2F8BF
Tetradic#F8BFF1, #F8E2BF, #BFF8C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF3FD
Darker −10%#91B7F3
Darker −20%#6399EE
Darker −30%#357AE9
Darker −40%#1760D4
More saturated +25%#B8D3FF
Less saturated −25%#C8D7EF

Channel breakdown

R191
G213
B248
Red191 (74.9%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue216.84°
Saturation (HSL)80.28%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G D5 · B F8

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