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Colour

#BAD6EE

  • #BAD6EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAD6EE is a blue with RGB values 186, 214, 238 and HSL 208°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAD6EE#BAD6EE
HEX#BAD6EE
RGBrgb(186, 214, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8392, 0.9333
RGB percentages72.9%, 83.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(207.7, 60.5%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.7, 21.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK21.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,244,718
CSS custom property--colour: #BAD6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#452911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6D0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#ACDCDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 7.5Lavender · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Light grey · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED2BA
Analogous#BAEEEC, #BABCEE
Triadic#EEBAD6, #D6EEBA
Split complementary#EEBABC, #EEECBA
Tetradic#ECBAEE, #EED2BA, #BCEEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3EEF8
Darker −10%#91BEE4
Darker −20%#68A5DA
Darker −30%#3F8DD0
Darker −40%#2B73B1
More saturated +25%#AFD7F9
Less saturated −25%#C5D5E3

Channel breakdown

R186
G214
B238
Red186 (72.9%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue207.69°
Saturation (HSL)60.47%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G D6 · B EE

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