Colour reference
Uranian Blue
#bde0fe
- RGB
- rgb(189 224 254)
- HSL
- 208°, 97%, 87%
- OKLCh
- 89.1% 0.056 244.3
Uranian Blue in every format
Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.
| Hex | #bde0fe | |
|---|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189 224 254) | |
| RGB legacy | rgb(189, 224, 254) | |
| RGB percent | rgb(74.12% 87.84% 99.61%) | |
| HSL | hsl(207.7 97% 86.9%) | |
| HSL legacy | hsl(207.7, 97%, 86.9%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(207.7, 25.6%, 99.6%) | |
| HWB | hwb(207.7 74.1% 0.4%) | |
| Nearest name | powderblue (approx.) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 0.4%)Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile. |
Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.
| OKLCh | oklch(89.124% 0.05554 244.32)Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales. | |
|---|---|---|
| OKLab | oklab(89.124% -0.02407 -0.05005) | |
| CIE LCh | lch(87.372% 19.927 249.474) | |
| CIE Lab | lab(87.372% -6.987 -18.662) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.7679 0.8743 0.9845) | |
| Rec. 2020 | color(rec2020 0.7792 0.8559 0.9808) | |
| srgb-linear | color(srgb-linear 0.5089 0.7454 0.9911)Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths. | |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.6553 0.7128 1.0408) |
ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.
| GLSL vec3 — sRGB | vec3(0.741, 0.878, 0.996)Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer. | |
|---|---|---|
| GLSL vec3 — linear | vec3(0.509, 0.745, 0.991)Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing. | |
| GLSL vec4 — sRGB | vec4(0.741, 0.878, 0.996, 1.0) | |
| GLSL vec4 — linear | vec4(0.509, 0.745, 0.991, 1.0) | |
| GLSL ivec3 | ivec3(189, 224, 254) | |
| HLSL float3 — sRGB | float3(0.741, 0.878, 0.996) | |
| HLSL float3 — linear | float3(0.509, 0.745, 0.991) | |
| HLSL float4 — sRGB | float4(0.741, 0.878, 0.996, 1.0) | |
| HLSL half4 — sRGB | half4(0.741, 0.878, 0.996, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3f — sRGB | vec3f(0.741, 0.878, 0.996) | |
| WGSL vec4f — sRGB | vec4f(0.741, 0.878, 0.996, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3<f32> — linear | vec3<f32>(0.509, 0.745, 0.991) |
Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.
| Unity Color | new Color(0.741f, 0.878f, 0.996f, 1.0f)Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Color32 | new Color32(189, 224, 254, 255) | |
| Unreal FLinearColor | FLinearColor(0.5089f, 0.7454f, 0.9911f, 1.0f)FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
| Unreal FColor | FColor(189, 224, 254, 255)Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor. | |
| Godot Color | Color(0.741, 0.878, 0.996, 1) | |
| Flutter Color | Color(0xFFBDE0FE)Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first. | |
| Android Color | Color.rgb(189, 224, 254) | |
| SwiftUI Color | Color(red: 0.741, green: 0.878, blue: 0.996) | |
| UIKit UIColor | UIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.878, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1) |
Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.
| 0x hex | 0xBDE0FE | |
|---|---|---|
| 0x hex (ARGB) | 0xFFBDE0FE | |
| Array 0–1 | [0.741, 0.878, 0.996] | |
| Array 0–255 | [189, 224, 254] | |
| Decimal integer | 12443902 |
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.
| Pairing | WCAG 2 ratio | Level | APCA | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranian Blue on white | 1.38:1 | Fail | Lc 18 | Not usable for text |
| Uranian Blue on black | 15.26:1 | AAA | Lc 85 | Body text, 18px and up |
Uranian Blue text on a white background
Uranian Blue text on a black background
White text on Uranian Blue
Black text on Uranian Blue
Tonal scale
Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.
- 50#e5fbff
- 100#d6f1ff
- 200#c3e1fa
- 300#abcae4
- 400#8daec9
- 500#6f8fab
- 600#57758f
- 700#425e76
- 800#314b60
- 900#233a4d
- 950#0f2130
Tints and shades
Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.
- Tint 1#c8e5fe
- Tint 2#d3eaff
- Tint 3#def0ff
- Tint 4#e9f5ff
- Tint 5#f4faff
- Shade 1#94afc7
- Shade 2#6c8193
- Shade 3#475663
- Shade 4#252e36
- Shade 5#080b0f
Colours that work with Uranian Blue
Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.
- #f6d4b6
- #fdcdd7
- #d3e2ba
- #b2e5f2
- #cfd9ff
Closest CSS names
powderblueΔEok 0.039lightblueΔEok 0.042paleturquoiseΔEok 0.051gainsboroΔEok 0.056lavenderΔEok 0.056lightgrayΔEok 0.061