Colour

#BAD8DA

#BAD8DA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BAD8DA is a cyan with RGB values 186, 216, 218 and HSL 184°, 30%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BAD8DA#BAD8DA

HEX#BAD8DA

RGBrgb(186, 216, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8471, 0.8549

RGB percentages72.9%, 84.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(183.8, 30.2%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 14.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK14.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,245,210

CSS custom property--colour: #BAD8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.92:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#452725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3D5DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B1DAD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 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 text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.2 Light blue · ΔE 7.3 Light grey · ΔE 10.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 11 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Silver · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DABCBA

Analogous#BADACC, #BAC8DA

Triadic#DABAD8, #D8DABA

Split complementary#DABAC8, #DACCBA

Tetradic#CCBADA, #DABCBA, #C8DABA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFEFE

Lighter +10%#DBEBEC

Darker −10%#99C5C8

Darker −20%#78B2B6

Darker −30%#589FA3

Darker −40%#467E82

More saturated +25%#ADE4E7

Less saturated −25%#C7CCCD

Channel breakdown

R186

G216

B218

Red186 (72.9%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue183.75°

Saturation (HSL)30.19%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G D8 · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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