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Recognised as Colour

#BADBED

  • #BADBED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BADBED is a blue with RGB values 186, 219, 237 and HSL 201°, 59%, 83%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#BADBED#BADBED
HEX#BADBED
RGBrgb(186, 219, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8588, 0.9294
RGB percentages72.9%, 85.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(201.2, 58.6%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 21.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK21.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,245,997
CSS custom property--colour: #BADBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.44:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#452412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ACE0E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Lavender · ΔE 12.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Light grey · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.37, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDCCBA
Analogous#BAEDE6, #BAC1ED
Triadic#EDBADB, #DBEDBA
Split complementary#EDBAC1, #EDE6BA
Tetradic#E6BAED, #EDCCBA, #C1EDBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F0F8
Darker −10%#92C6E2
Darker −20%#69B1D8
Darker −30%#419CCD
Darker −40%#2D80AE
More saturated +25%#AFDEF8
Less saturated −25%#C5D8E2

Channel breakdown

R186
G219
B237
Red186 (72.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue201.18°
Saturation (HSL)58.62%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G DB · B ED

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