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Recognised as Colour

#BADAE2

  • #BADAE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BADAE2 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 218, 226 and HSL 192°, 41%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BADAE2#BADAE2
HEX#BADAE2
RGBrgb(186, 218, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8549, 0.8863
RGB percentages72.9%, 85.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(192, 40.8%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 17.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK17.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,245,730
CSS custom property--colour: #BADAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.21:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#45251D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D7E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD2E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AFDDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.7Powder blue · ΔE 5.4Light grey · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.67, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2C2BA
Analogous#BAE2D6, #BAC6E2
Triadic#E2BADA, #DAE2BA
Split complementary#E2BAC6, #E2D6BA
Tetradic#D6BAE2, #E2C2BA, #C6E2BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEEDF1
Darker −10%#96C7D3
Darker −20%#72B3C4
Darker −30%#4EA0B5
Darker −40%#3E8192
More saturated +25%#AEE1EE
Less saturated −25%#C6D3D6

Channel breakdown

R186
G218
B226
Red186 (72.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)40.82%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G DA · B E2

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