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Recognised as Colour

#BBD6DE

  • #BBD6DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BBD6DE is a cyan with RGB values 187, 214, 222 and HSL 194°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BBD6DE#BBD6DE
HEX#BBD6DE
RGBrgb(187, 214, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8392, 0.8706
RGB percentages73.3%, 83.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(193.7, 34.7%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 15.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK15.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,310,238
CSS custom property--colour: #BBD6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.79:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#442921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D4DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B1D9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.8Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Silver · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC3BB
Analogous#BBDED5, #BBC4DE
Triadic#DEBBD6, #D6DEBB
Split complementary#DEBBC4, #DED5BB
Tetradic#D5BBDE, #DEC3BB, #C5DEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDEBEF
Darker −10%#99C1CD
Darker −20%#76ADBD
Darker −30%#5498AC
Darker −40%#437A8A
More saturated +25%#AEDDEB
Less saturated −25%#C8CFD1

Channel breakdown

R187
G214
B222
Red187 (73.3%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue193.71°
Saturation (HSL)34.65%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G D6 · B DE

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