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Colour

#BFDEF8

  • #BFDEF8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BFDEF8 is a blue with RGB values 191, 222, 248 and HSL 207°, 80%, 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

#BFDEF8#BFDEF8
HEX#BFDEF8
RGBrgb(191, 222, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8706, 0.9725
RGB percentages74.9%, 87.1%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(207.4, 80.3%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 23%, 97.3%)
CMYK23%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,574,456
CSS custom property--colour: #BFDEF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#402107

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DEF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD7F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AFE4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 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 text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Lavender · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8D9BF
Analogous#BFF8F5, #BFC2F8
Triadic#F8BFDE, #DEF8BF
Split complementary#F8BFC2, #F8F5BF
Tetradic#F5BFF8, #F8D9BF, #C2F8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF6FD
Darker −10%#91C6F3
Darker −20%#63AFEE
Darker −30%#3597E9
Darker −40%#177ED4
More saturated +25%#B8DFFF
Less saturated −25%#C8DDEF

Channel breakdown

R191
G222
B248
Red191 (74.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue207.37°
Saturation (HSL)80.28%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G DE · B F8

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