Recognised as Colour

#BADFEE

#BADFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#BADFEE is a cyan with RGB values 186, 223, 238 and HSL 197°, 60%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BADFEE#BADFEE

HEX#BADFEE

RGBrgb(186, 223, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8745, 0.9333

RGB percentages72.9%, 87.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(197.3, 60.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 21.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK21.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,247,022

CSS custom property--colour: #BADFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#452011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7DDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#ABE4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.5 Powder blue · ΔE 6.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Lavender · ΔE 13.7 Light cyan · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.53, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEC9BA

Analogous#BAEEE3, #BAC5EE

Triadic#EEBADF, #DFEEBA

Split complementary#EEBAC5, #EEE3BA

Tetradic#E3BAEE, #EEC9BA, #C5EEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3F2F8

Darker −10%#91CCE4

Darker −20%#68B9DA

Darker −30%#3FA6D0

Darker −40%#2B8AB1

More saturated +25%#AFE4F9

Less saturated −25%#C5DAE3

Channel breakdown

R186

G223

B238

Red186 (72.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue197.31°

Saturation (HSL)60.47%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G DF · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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