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Recognised as Colour

#BFDEFF

  • #BFDEFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFDEFF is a blue with RGB values 191, 222, 255 and HSL 211°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFDEFF#BFDEFF
HEX#BFDEFF
RGBrgb(191, 222, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8706, 1
RGB percentages74.9%, 87.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(210.9, 100%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 25.1%, 100%)
CMYK25.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,574,463
CSS custom property--colour: #BFDEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#402100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ADE5E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE0BF
Analogous#BFFEFF, #C0BFFF
Triadic#FFBFDE, #DEFFBF
Split complementary#FFC0BF, #FEFFBF
Tetradic#FFBFFE, #FFE0BF, #BFFFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F8FF
Darker −10%#8CC4FF
Darker −20%#59A9FF
Darker −30%#268FFF
Darker −40%#0075F2
More saturated +25%#BFDEFF
Less saturated −25%#C7DEF7

Channel breakdown

R191
G222
B255
Red191 (74.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue210.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G DE · B FF

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