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Recognised as Colour

#BAD9DF

  • #BAD9DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BAD9DF is a cyan with RGB values 186, 217, 223 and HSL 190°, 37%, 80%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#BAD9DF#BAD9DF
HEX#BAD9DF
RGBrgb(186, 217, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.851, 0.8745
RGB percentages72.9%, 85.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(189.7, 36.6%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 16.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK16.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,245,471
CSS custom property--colour: #BAD9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#452620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D6DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD1DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AFDCDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5Powder blue · ΔE 5.6Light grey · ΔE 11Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC0BA
Analogous#BADFD3, #BAC6DF
Triadic#DFBAD9, #D9DFBA
Split complementary#DFBAC6, #DFD3BA
Tetradic#D3BADF, #DFC0BA, #C7DFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDECEF
Darker −10%#97C6CF
Darker −20%#74B3BF
Darker −30%#519FAF
Darker −40%#41808C
More saturated +25%#ADE2EC
Less saturated −25%#C7D0D2

Channel breakdown

R186
G217
B223
Red186 (72.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue189.73°
Saturation (HSL)36.63%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G D9 · B DF

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