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Recognised as Colour

#BADBD3

  • #BADBD3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BADBD3 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 219, 211 and HSL 165°, 31%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BADBD3#BADBD3
HEX#BADBD3
RGBrgb(186, 219, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8588, 0.8275
RGB percentages72.9%, 85.9%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(165.5, 31.4%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.5, 15.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK15.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,245,971
CSS custom property--colour: #BADBD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.16:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#45242C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D7D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D2D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B2DCD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 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 text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 12.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBAC2
Analogous#BADBC3, #BAD2DB
Triadic#D3BADB, #DBD3BA
Split complementary#DBBAD2, #DBC3BA
Tetradic#C3BADB, #DBBAC2, #D2DBBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCECE8
Darker −10%#98CABE
Darker −20%#77B8A8
Darker −30%#56A692
Darker −40%#458475
More saturated +25%#ADE8DA
Less saturated −25%#C7CECC

Channel breakdown

R186
G219
B211
Red186 (72.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue165.45°
Saturation (HSL)31.43%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G DB · B D3

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