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Recognised as Colour

#BADFD9

  • #BADFD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BADFD9 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 223, 217 and HSL 170°, 37%, 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

#BADFD9#BADFD9
HEX#BADFD9
RGBrgb(186, 223, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8745, 0.851
RGB percentages72.9%, 87.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(170.3, 36.6%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.3, 16.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK16.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,247,001
CSS custom property--colour: #BADFD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68224WCAG 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 14.64:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#452026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D5DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B0E1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2Light blue · ΔE 10.9Light cyan · ΔE 12.4Light grey · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFBAC0
Analogous#BADFC7, #BAD3DF
Triadic#D9BADF, #DFD9BA
Split complementary#DFBAD3, #DFC7BA
Tetradic#C6BADF, #DFBAC0, #D3DFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDEFEC
Darker −10%#97CFC6
Darker −20%#74BFB3
Darker −30%#51AF9F
Darker −40%#418C80
More saturated +25%#ADECE2
Less saturated −25%#C7D2D0

Channel breakdown

R186
G223
B217
Red186 (72.9%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue170.27°
Saturation (HSL)36.63%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G DF · B D9

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