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Recognised as Colour

#BAD9FB

  • #BAD9FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BAD9FB is a blue with RGB values 186, 217, 251 and HSL 211°, 89%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BAD9FB#BAD9FB
HEX#BAD9FB
RGBrgb(186, 217, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.851, 0.9843
RGB percentages72.9%, 85.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(211.4, 89%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.4, 25.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK25.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,245,499
CSS custom property--colour: #BAD9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#452604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D3FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A8E1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Lavender · ΔE 13.7Powder blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBDCBA
Analogous#BAFAFB, #BCBAFB
Triadic#FBBAD9, #D9FBBA
Split complementary#FBBCBA, #FAFBBA
Tetradic#FBBAFA, #FBDCBA, #BAFBBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF4FE
Darker −10%#8ABEF8
Darker −20%#5AA4F5
Darker −30%#2989F3
Darker −40%#0D70DC
More saturated +25%#B6D9FF
Less saturated −25%#C3D9F2

Channel breakdown

R186
G217
B251
Red186 (72.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue211.38°
Saturation (HSL)89.04%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G D9 · B FB

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