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Recognised as Colour

#BACEDE

  • #BACEDE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BACEDE is a blue with RGB values 186, 206, 222 and HSL 207°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BACEDE#BACEDE
HEX#BACEDE
RGBrgb(186, 206, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8078, 0.8706
RGB percentages72.9%, 80.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(206.7, 35.3%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 16.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK16.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,242,654
CSS custom property--colour: #BACEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.97:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#453121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CEDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B1D2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECABA
Analogous#BADEDC, #BABCDE
Triadic#DEBACE, #CEDEBA
Split complementary#DEBABC, #DEDCBA
Tetradic#DCBADE, #DECABA, #BCDEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDE7EF
Darker −10%#97B6CE
Darker −20%#759DBD
Darker −30%#5285AD
Darker −40%#426A8A
More saturated +25%#ADCFEB
Less saturated −25%#C7CDD1

Channel breakdown

R186
G206
B222
Red186 (72.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)35.29%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G CE · B DE

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