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Recognised as Colour

#BADEDD

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

#BADEDD is a cyan with RGB values 186, 222, 221 and HSL 178°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BADEDD#BADEDD
HEX#BADEDD
RGBrgb(186, 222, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8706, 0.8667
RGB percentages72.9%, 87.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(178.3, 35.3%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 16.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK16.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,246,749
CSS custom property--colour: #BADEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#452122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AFE0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5Light blue · ΔE 8.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2Light cyan · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 12.5Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEBABB
Analogous#BADECB, #BACDDE
Triadic#DDBADE, #DEDDBA
Split complementary#DEBACD, #DECBBA
Tetradic#CBBADE, #DEBABB, #CDDEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDEFEE
Darker −10%#97CECC
Darker −20%#75BDBB
Darker −30%#52ADAA
Darker −40%#428A88
More saturated +25%#ADEBE9
Less saturated −25%#C7D1D1

Channel breakdown

R186
G222
B221
Red186 (72.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue178.33°
Saturation (HSL)35.29%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G DE · B DD

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