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Recognised as Colour

#BAD7EF

  • #BAD7EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAD7EF is a blue with RGB values 186, 215, 239 and HSL 207°, 62%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAD7EF#BAD7EF
HEX#BAD7EF
RGBrgb(186, 215, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8431, 0.9373
RGB percentages72.9%, 84.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(207.2, 62.4%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.2, 22.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK22.2%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,244,975
CSS custom property--colour: #BAD7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#452810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D1EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#ACDDDFno 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 text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7Light blue · ΔE 7.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Lavender · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light grey · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD2BA
Analogous#BAEFEC, #BABDEF
Triadic#EFBAD7, #D7EFBA
Split complementary#EFBABD, #EFECBA
Tetradic#ECBAEF, #EFD2BA, #BCEFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3EFF9
Darker −10%#91BFE5
Darker −20%#67A7DC
Darker −30%#3E8FD2
Darker −40%#2A75B3
More saturated +25%#AFD8FA
Less saturated −25%#C5D6E4

Channel breakdown

R186
G215
B239
Red186 (72.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue207.17°
Saturation (HSL)62.35%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G D7 · B EF

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