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Colour

#BFDEF6

  • #BFDEF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BFDEF6 is a blue with RGB values 191, 222, 246 and HSL 206°, 75%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BFDEF6#BFDEF6
HEX#BFDEF6
RGBrgb(191, 222, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8706, 0.9647
RGB percentages74.9%, 87.1%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(206.2, 75.3%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.2, 22.4%, 96.5%)
CMYK22.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,574,454
CSS custom property--colour: #BFDEF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#402109

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DDF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD7F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B0E4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Lavender · ΔE 11.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Alice blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6D7BF
Analogous#BFF6F3, #BFC2F6
Triadic#F6BFDE, #DEF6BF
Split complementary#F6BFC2, #F6F3BF
Tetradic#F3BFF6, #F6D7BF, #C3F6BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF5FC
Darker −10%#92C7F0
Darker −20%#66B0E9
Darker −30%#3999E3
Darker −40%#1D80CC
More saturated +25%#B6DFFF
Less saturated −25%#C8DDED

Channel breakdown

R191
G222
B246
Red191 (74.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue206.18°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G DE · B F6

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