Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BAD7CF

  • #BAD7CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BAD7CF is a cyan with RGB values 186, 215, 207 and HSL 163°, 27%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BAD7CF#BAD7CF
HEX#BAD7CF
RGBrgb(186, 215, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8431, 0.8118
RGB percentages72.9%, 84.3%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(163.4, 26.6%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.4, 13.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK13.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,244,943
CSS custom property--colour: #BAD7CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#452830

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D3CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFCFD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.5Light grey · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.2Silver · ΔE 12.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7BAC2
Analogous#BAD7C1, #BAD1D7
Triadic#CFBAD7, #D7CFBA
Split complementary#D7BAD1, #D7C1BA
Tetradic#C0BAD7, #D7BAC2, #D1D7BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCFC
Lighter +10%#DAEAE5
Darker −10%#9AC4B9
Darker −20%#79B2A2
Darker −30%#5B9D8B
Darker −40%#487D6E
More saturated +25%#ACE5D5
Less saturated −25%#C8C9C9

Channel breakdown

R186
G215
B207
Red186 (72.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue163.45°
Saturation (HSL)26.61%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G D7 · B CF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bad7cf” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.